St. Clair to Command the Frontier Troops
Document 1791The President has appointed Major General St. Clair to command the troops on the frontiers so General Harmar is directed to send returns to St. Clair on the state of the troops, stores, and posts under his command.
No document image is currently available.
No human transcription currently available for this document.
Machine transcription not yet available for this document.
Type
Typed letter
Description
The President has appointed Major General St. Clair to command the troops on the frontiers so General Harmar is directed to send returns to St. Clair on the state of the troops, stores, and posts under his command.
Date
03/18/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1791031800000
Notable persons
Josiah Harmar
Henry Knox
President [Washington]
Senate
Major General [Arthur] St. Clair
First and Second Regiments of Infantry
Battalion of Artillery
Notable locations
War Department
frontiers
Notable items
state of the troops, stores, and posts
rank and character
late war [Revolutionary War]
command of the troops