"Articles & Necessaries" for the Army

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

"Articles & Necessaries" for the Army

Description

Wayne sends Knox a long list of "articles & necessaries" that he requires. Clothing, muster rolls, powder sieves, and Baron Steuben's Blue Book are among the items requested.

year created

1792

month created

09

day created

13

author

sent from location

Pittsburgh

recipient

in microfilm

in image

notable person/group

Henry Knox
Anthony Wayne
Fifty deserters
Four Sub Legions
the Contractors
Asheton's Detachment
Lieut. Daniel Britt
Paymaster General
Baron Steuben

notable location

Pittsburgh

notable item/thing

variety of articles and necessaries immediately wanted
tattered shirt & overalls
prisons
casualties
ten suits to a company or forty to a Battalion
surplus of clothing allowed by law
condemned clothing
copies of the muster rolls
standards, Battalion, & Camp Colors
uniform caps
powder sieves a degree finer than common
howitzers
the charge of powder
a redundancy of shells & Canister shot
Baron Steuben's bluebook
rules of Articles of War

notable phrase

some of the old officers are rather rusty, though conceited & refractory--however they will be made sensible of their error, or shall quit the service--they have either been too much indulged or forgot the service of the late war-I have comforted them by an assurance that it will not be lessened, but rather increased

document number

1792091353555

page start

88

number of pages

3

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (4 pages) DTB01 (266 pages) Collection: Anthony Wayne Letterbooks Vol.1-3 V: 1
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Printed Versions [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Anthony Wayne Transcripts [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: Anthony Wayne, A Name in Arms [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Microfilm: Anthony Wayne Papers [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Anthony Wayne Pittsburgh [n/a]
Recipient Henry Knox [unknown] [n/a]