Safe Transport of Materials

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Pittsburg [undecipherable] June 1791 No. 16 On receipt of this Letter, you will please go in quest of Materials and Workmen, to compleat all the Public Boats at the Landing for transporting Men, horses, and stores down the river–the sudden rise of the river offers an easy, speedy and safe conveyance for all that can now be got away–We shall want a considerable number of boards–these you will provide immediately–if not to be had reasonably in Town they may I am informed be got from Vises [fan?] Mills, on the Alleghany, and them you will apply–All the appendages [for?] the Cavalry you will please to attend to, [undecipherable] they may be ready for the first embarkation–the smaller articles had had best be put [into?] boxes, the large may be forwarded loose, [provided], the boats are so constructed as to [shield] them from injury by the water, or weather As so many of the Troops are come on, every [exertion] on our part, for opening the campaign should be instantly made. I am Sir, Your Most Obedient servantSamuel Hodgdon Major Isaac Craig

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Speedy transport of building materials, workmen, horses, and men across river now safe for campaign on frontier.

Date

06/17/1791

Recipient

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1791061736001

Page start

1

Notable persons

Isaac Craig
Samuel Hodgdon
workmen
troops
recruits

Notable locations

Pittsburgh
river
Allegheny

Notable items

materials
public boats
boats
horses
stores
conveyance