Major Craig assumes charge over stores at Fort Pitt
Document 1791Major Craig receives appointment from Secretary Knox to assume charge over all public stores at Fort Pitt. Knox explains his accounting expectations and refers questions to Samuel Hodgdon.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Major Craig receives appointment from Secretary Knox to assume charge over all public stores at Fort Pitt. Knox explains his accounting expectations and refers questions to Samuel Hodgdon.
Date
02/15/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1791021514001
Page start
1
Note
In 1828 Isaac Craig's son Neville B. Craig prepared a three-page list of extracts of his father's correspondence with the War Office. This document was one of those. The page containing the extract drawn from this document is attached as an "other copy."
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
Henry Knox
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort Pitt
Notable items
stores
accounting