Price Requests Further Orders from Knox
Document 1785William Price, Deputy Commissary Military Stores, requests further orders from Henry Knox, Secretary at War.
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West Point 3d July 1781 —
Sir
I received yours of the [undecipherable], also the Col. Stiles to Ensign &
Mr Duncan —
Inclosed you will receive by Mr Duncan the Pay Abstract
for the Month of June 1817 and the Money Can Come by the Same
Conveyance if you please —
There has been two hundred & Ninety two Arms
Cleaned in the Month of June —
Please to inform me whether the English and Hessian
Arms Shall be repaired —
There is wanting pig hand Vises for the use of the Ar-
mourers — and this will be a Safe Conveyance by the bearer
I am Sir
your
Joseph Carleton Esqr William Rice
Dept Co Aftton
West Point 28 July 1781 —
Sir
I have made application to Capt Johnston for Men to Assist and
thin the Proviso Since Major Doughty's March'd — and he informs me that None Can be Spared for that Purpose — I must wait
your further Orders upon this Subject,
I am Sir
your
The Honble the Major Genl Knox William Rice
Secretary at War Dept Co Aftton
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter made from Author's Files
Description
William Price, Deputy Commissary Military Stores, requests further orders from Henry Knox, Secretary at War.
Date
07/28/1785
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Collection
Document number
1785072840055
Page start
10
Note
Cited in Price to Knox, 08/02/1785.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
William Price
Captain Johnston
Major Doughty
Deputy Commissary Military Stores
Notable locations
West Point
New York
Notable items
powder
orders
powder lines
shifts
