Troops, Recruits, and Stores to Pittsburgh
| Source | Name | Image(s) |
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| Collection | Clements Library: Anthony Wayne Letterbooks |  |
| Collection | Ohio Historical Society: Anthony Wayne Transcripts | (no image) |
| Publication | Knopf, Richard C., ed. Anthony Wayne, A Name In Arms: The Wayne-Knox-Pickering-McHenry Correspondence. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1960. | (no image) |
| Date | June 29, 1792 |
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| Author Name | Henry Knox (primary) Location: War Department |
| Recipient Name | Anthony Wayne (primary) |
| Summary | Knox assures Wayne that his troops, recruits, and stores are moving with dispatch toward Pittsburgh and discusses the movement of specific units. Although the President wants the troops trained at Pittsburgh, it is left up to Wayne as to whether that is the appropriate location. |
| Document Format | Recipient's Letterbook Copy |
| Document Notes | Letter No. 4. |
| Content Notes | [not available] |
| Related Persons/Groups | Anthony Wayne; Henry Knox; Stakes troop; Major Ashton's command; Captain Lewis & Carberry's companies; Capt. B. Smith; the President; Brig. Genl. Wilkinson; Capt. Brant; Quartermaster General; William Lowther; William Preston; assembled Indians; rifle company; four Sub-Legions; |
| Related Places | War Department; Reading; Carlisle; Richmond; Pittsburgh; Grand River north of Lake Erie; New York; mouth of the Omie River of Lake Erie; Fort Washington; Ohio County Virginia; Wythe County; |
| Keywords | his Equipments; justice of moderation of the views of the United States; recruiting rendezvous; the present year's clothing for the old troops; loan of two hundred arms; recruiting service; The anxiety you express for the arrival of your troops is natural; & they will be marched as fast as they shall be recruited--; |
| Key Phrases | The anxiety you express for the arrival of your troops is natural; & they will be marched as fast as they shall be recruited-- |
| Transcription | [not available] |