Pennsylvania recruiting quotas and appointments of commissioned officers

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Type

Printed transcription/modern copy of letter

Description

Letter, describes recruiting service; discusses Pennsylvania recruiting quota. Knox asks that Commissioned Officers be appointed to the quota of Pennsylvania conforming to resolve of Congress of 10 November. If Captain Zeigler receives reappointment, hopes that Council will make him advances for the recruits.

Date

04/15/1788

Author

Henry Knox

Recipient

Benjamin Franklin

Sent from

War Office

Collection

Printed Versions

Document number

1788041500000

Notable persons

Benjamin Franklin

Henry Knox

Brigadier General Harmar

Captain Zeigler

recruiting service

commissioned officers

congress

council

recruits

Notable locations

War Office

Philadelphia

Pennsylvania

Notable items

stated in my letter to your excellency

favored with a reappointment

council may think proper to make him the advances for the recruits specified in the act of the assembly

number of officers requested for the quota of Pennsylvania and the particular predicaments of Brigadier General Harmar

public interests would be promoted by the appointments being made as soon as possible and transmitted to this Office

recruiting service cannot commence with propriety until the appointments are actually made by the executive council

recruiting party has arrived in Philadelphia

beg leave to request that the commissioned officers may be appointed to the quota of Pennsylvania conformably to the resolve of Congress

act of the General Assembly

bearer having been directed to repair to Pennsylvania on the recruiting service