Additional Forces for the Western Campaign
Document 1791Knox reports on the progress of the enlistment of additional forces for the upcoming campaign. He warns that the United States does not have the resources to provide rations for the women and children who have been forced to abandon their settlements but remain at advanced posts.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Knox reports on the progress of the enlistment of additional forces for the upcoming campaign. He warns that the United States does not have the resources to provide rations for the women and children who have been forced to abandon their settlements but remain at advanced posts.
Date
05/05/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1791050500000
Notable persons
Arthur St. Clair
Henry Knox
Colonel Gibson
Major Ferguson
General Butler
Virginia Battalion
Maryland Battalion
county lieutenants
small party of rangers
Captain Piatt
Jersey levies
Brigadier General Harmar
women and children
Notable locations
War Department
Baltimore
Fort Pitt
Painted Post
Tioga
Venango
Notable items
return of the levies at Carlisle
readiness to march
report from Virginia
protection of the upper parts of the Ohio
recruiting service in Massachusetts
Colonel Pickering's treaty
interior settlements
provisions
rations