Tea and Chocolate for Sick
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Tea and Chocolate for Sick
Description
Enclosed tea and chocolate for sick men. Surgeon ordered to post. Updates on troops locations and numbers. Major Zeigler planning to resign.
short description
Tea and Chocolate for Sick
year created
1792
month created
04
day created
15
author
sent from location
Pittsburgh
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Cited in Knox to Craig, 04/21/1792.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
Isaac Craig
Captain John Cass
doctor
surgeon
Henry Knox
sick
Captain Hughes
Doctor Whey
Lieutenant Demlar
Major Freeman
General St Clair
Ensign Morgan
Major Ziegler
Major Trueman
notable location
Pittsburgh
Fort Franklin
post
Gallipolis
Fort Washington
Marietta
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
tea
chocolate
sugar
stores
trial
document number
1792041554001
page start
1
transcription
[undecipherable] Pittsburgh april 1thth 1793
I have sent you by the bearer five pounds Sugar, two pounds of Tea & four pounds Chocolate for your Sick. Genl Knox says he has ordered a Surgeon to your Post, when he arrives I shall send you should such Stores as he shall di-rect. __ I have proposed to Capt Houghes, to employ Doctor Whey to attend your sick till a Surgeon comes forward, but he says he is not justifiable in so doing.
Yesterday, Lieut Demlar with no Alon Embarked for Galliopolis & Aloy or Trueman Arrived the day before yesterday, has taken 20 of Capt Hughes detachment to Fort Washington, by there two detachments CaptHughs Command is greatly Reduce'd__
Mayor Trueman Says Genl S. Cain has Resign'd and that Ensign Morgan is ordered to Fort Washington for Trials by a Gentleman from Marietta who arrived yesterday - I am told that Major Leigh had arrived at that place on his way to Philadela in order to Resign__
I am Sir
Your Obet Humbl Servt
Capt Jon Case
Fat Franklin Jane [undecipherable]
I have sent you by the bearer five pounds Sugar, two pounds of Tea & four pounds Chocolate for your Sick. Genl Knox says he has ordered a Surgeon to your Post, when he arrives I shall send you should such Stores as he shall di-rect. __ I have proposed to Capt Houghes, to employ Doctor Whey to attend your sick till a Surgeon comes forward, but he says he is not justifiable in so doing.
Yesterday, Lieut Demlar with no Alon Embarked for Galliopolis & Aloy or Trueman Arrived the day before yesterday, has taken 20 of Capt Hughes detachment to Fort Washington, by there two detachments CaptHughs Command is greatly Reduce'd__
Mayor Trueman Says Genl S. Cain has Resign'd and that Ensign Morgan is ordered to Fort Washington for Trials by a Gentleman from Marietta who arrived yesterday - I am told that Major Leigh had arrived at that place on his way to Philadela in order to Resign__
I am Sir
Your Obet Humbl Servt
Capt Jon Case
Fat Franklin Jane [undecipherable]
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | IAM35 (1 pages) | Collection: James Robertson Papers | IIA080-81 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Isaac Craig | Pittsburgh | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Jonathan Cass | [unknown] | [n/a] |

