Status of Stores and Store House
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Status of Stores and Store House
Description
Enclosed return on stores that recently came to hand, barrel of powder damaged during transit. Store house is in a state of disrepair and cannot be made completely secure. Craig to make repairs to magazine that will make it a safe depository.
short description
Status of Stores and Store House
year created
1791
month created
03
day created
30
author
sent from location
Fort Pitt
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig
Jesse Heasland
General Knox
notable location
Fort Pitt
magazine
store house
notable item/thing
powder
barrel
supplies
trunk
boxes
return of stores
wagon
waggon
bag
log building
repairs
document number
1791033089001
page start
1
transcription
Fort Pitt March 30 1791
Dear Sir
I have Received your favor of the 17th inst together with the [Twenty?] Boxes of Jesse Harland, for which I have paid him Ten dollars, Please to accept of my most greateful acknowledgements, for your Attention to those Articles I have Inclosed a Return of the Stores already come to Hand. They all appear in good Order Except one Barrell of Powder. the Barrel is damaged, but none of the powder lost as the weight is now the same, as that marked on it. the Waggoner having put it in a long Bagg as soon as he discovered the Cask Injured
I have informed Genl Knox that the Store House cannot be made perfectly Secure, it is an old Log Building badly Constructed, and considerably decayed; I have made such Repairs, as was Indispensibly Necessary only; I am making some Repairs, and Alternations on the Magazine, which I Expect will make a very safe Depositary for powder and fixed Amunition
I am SirYour Obedt Hunbl ServtIsaac Craig
Saml Hodgdon Esqr[undecipherable] Master Genl
Dear Sir
I have Received your favor of the 17th inst together with the [Twenty?] Boxes of Jesse Harland, for which I have paid him Ten dollars, Please to accept of my most greateful acknowledgements, for your Attention to those Articles I have Inclosed a Return of the Stores already come to Hand. They all appear in good Order Except one Barrell of Powder. the Barrel is damaged, but none of the powder lost as the weight is now the same, as that marked on it. the Waggoner having put it in a long Bagg as soon as he discovered the Cask Injured
I have informed Genl Knox that the Store House cannot be made perfectly Secure, it is an old Log Building badly Constructed, and considerably decayed; I have made such Repairs, as was Indispensibly Necessary only; I am making some Repairs, and Alternations on the Magazine, which I Expect will make a very safe Depositary for powder and fixed Amunition
I am SirYour Obedt Hunbl ServtIsaac Craig
Saml Hodgdon Esqr[undecipherable] Master Genl
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | IAM01 (2 pages) | Collection: James Robertson Papers | IIA003 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Isaac Craig | Fort Pitt | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | [unknown] | [n/a] |