Updates on Construction at Fort Pitt
Item
Type
Extract of Letter
Title
Updates on Construction at Fort Pitt
Description
Extract Letter, discusses works being built at Fort Pitt; mentions delays in sending troops.
short description
ExLtr, dis works at Fort Pitt
year created
1792
month created
01
day created
27
author
recipient
note
Cited in Craig to Knox, 02/17/1792. In 1828 Isaac Craig's son Neville B. Craig prepared a three-page list of extracts of his father's correspondence with the War Office. This document was one of those. Note the difference between the extract and the full copy of the document.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
Isaac Craig
Henry Knox
Captain Cass
troops
Secretary of War
Major Craig
deputy quartermaster general
commissary general
notable location
Fort Pitt
War Department
Fort Pitt
notable item/thing
integrity
confidence
public service
post
received your letters
together with your plan of the works
did not expect that you would have made so extensive a work or did I order any such thing
do not understand why you did not send forward estimates
form a judgement of the expense
important
you must do it
a confidence in your character
reason
reposing to much confidence trust in you
flatter myself
you will not give me any cause to think it misplaced
But as you have proceeded so far you will now finish the block houses and barracks on the side no. 2
also the third block house and the patifactors round the whole
think a magazine of timber will be better than any other
shall direct the paymaster to send you
dollars by this post
but remember the estimates
detained upon the road by causes not explained
hope in ten days time to be able to forward another company
quarter master shall forward the articles you request.
notable phrase
received your letters
together with your plan of the works
did not expect that you would have made so extensive a work or did I order any such thing
do not understand why you did not send forward estimates
form a judgement of the expense
important
you must do it
a confidence in your character
reason
reposing to much confidence trust in you
flatter myself
you will not give me any cause to think it misplaced
But as you have proceeded so far you will now finish the block houses and barracks on the side no. 2
also the third block house and the patifactors round the whole
think a magazine of timber will be better than any other
shall direct the paymaster to send you
dollars by this post
but remember the estimates
detained upon the road by causes not explained
hope in ten days time to be able to forward another company
quarter master shall forward the articles you request.
document number
1792012714066
page start
2
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | XEH08 (4 pages) | Collection: Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe and Irvine Papers), 1794-1842. (RG92) | B:190 |
| [view document] (4 pages) | XEH08a (4 pages) | Collection: Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe and Irvine Papers), 1794-1842. (RG92) | B:190 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Isaac Craig | [unknown] | [n/a] |