Reports Condition of Troops at Garrison and Factory

Item

Type

Extract of Letter

Title

Reports Condition of Troops at Garrison and Factory

Description

Reports considerable sum of money in possession of troops at garrison and the need to supply the factory with groceries. Responds with an order of money for supplies.

year created

1797

month created

08

day created

25

author

recipient

in image

note

Extract included in Price to Gaither, 05/09/1797. A full version of this document is also available in PWD. This document is cited in Price to Gaither, 05/09/1798.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

James McHenry
Edward Price
Troops
Indians
Samuel Lewis
Colonel H. Gaither
Colonel Hawkins
Mr. McCall

notable item/thing

factor
money

notable phrase

There's considerable sums of money on the hands of the troops now at this garrison
the soldiers being pretty strictly confined

document number

1797082540101

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) XFP10 (2 pages) Collection: Letters Sent by the Creek Factory (Letterbook of the Creek Trading House), 1795-1816. (RG75) (M4) P: 8

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Edward Price [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]