Report from Detroit

Item

Type

Autograph Letter

Title

Report from Detroit

Description

Strong provides a detailed assessment of the state of military affairs from his post at Detroit and the limitedd amount of supplies, espcially of a medical nature .

year created

1799

month created

05

day created

07

author

sent from location

Detroit

recipient

in image

note

Partially illegible.

notable person/group

Alexander Hamilton
David Strong
General [James] Wilkinson
non-commissioned officers and privates
paymaster
Captain Miller
Second Regiment
Savages
Canadian Militia
Colonel [John] Hamtramck

notable location

Detroit
Fort Massac
Niagara
Fort Washington
Fort Lernault [?]

notable item/thing

artillery
arms
stores
clothing
discipline of the troops
return of the Regiment
barracks
citdel
brick storehouse
casualties
monthly muster rolls
communications
circuitous route
obstacles
slender state of ammunition
cartridge boxes
swords for non-commissioned officers
imperfect assortment of medicine and hospital stores
enormous price
Acts of Congress
detachment of sixty men
extract of a letter from the Secretary of War [McHenry]
rations
state of decadence
provisions
compensation
labor
principal of morality
utmost emergencies
powder

document number

1799050760301

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (5 pages) WGW20 (5 pages) Collection: Alexander Hamilton Papers R: 18

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author David Strong Detroit [n/a]
Recipient Alexander Hamilton [unknown] [n/a]