Status of Detachments
Document 1791Knox reports on the status of the various detachments who are joining the expedition to the western frontier. He has heard nothing from Maryland and Virginia but understands the recruiting is going well in both places. As soon as the detachments arrive at the frontier, St. Clair is to deploy them and then dismiss the militia.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Knox reports on the status of the various detachments who are joining the expedition to the western frontier. He has heard nothing from Maryland and Virginia but understands the recruiting is going well in both places. As soon as the detachments arrive at the frontier, St. Clair is to deploy them and then dismiss the militia.
Date
04/28/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1791042800100
Note
Cited in Knox to St. Clair, 05/05/1791.
Notable persons
Arthur St. Clair
Henry Knox
the chaplain
detachment of levies under Captain Snowden
Captain Armstrong's company
Lieutenant Platt's company from Delaware
upper battalion
recruiting service
Jersey battalion
companies of the Eastern States
militia
Notable locations
War Department
Greensburg
Trenton
Fort Pitt
Carlisle
Maryland
Virginia
frontiers
Notable items
sickness and detention