Report from Fort Hamilton

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Report from Fort Hamilton

Description

Wilkinson reports on his monthly returns of the garrisons of Forts Jefferson and Steuben, the 1st Regiment, and the Corps of Kentucky Riflemen, including its strength and reorganization, his supply situation, and plans for furure movement

year created

1792

month created

08

day created

08

sent from location

Fort Hamilton

recipient

notable person/group

Henry Knox
James Wilkinson
Corps of Kentucky riflemen
subalterns
non-commissioned officers and privates
Pratt's and Kersey's companies
First Regiment
Commissioned Officers
Rifle Corps
mounted infantry
my convoys
enemy
Major St. Clair
General Putnam

notable location

Fort Hamilton
Fort Washington: Kentucky
Fort Jefferson
Fort Steuben
Fort St. Clair

notable item/thing

my monthly return
vigilance
punctuality
exertion
torn and dismembered condition of these companies
insufficiency of my force
magazine of hay
safety
first crop of hay
stockade
pack horses
road
loaded wheel carriages
embarkation

document number

1792080840000

Document instances

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[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Anthony Wayne Transcripts XXI, p. 3-5

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James Wilkinson Fort Hamilton [n/a]
Recipient Henry Knox [unknown] [n/a]