Protecting the Frontier
Document 1791General Butler reports on the measures he has taken to protect the frontier.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
General Butler reports on the measures he has taken to protect the frontier.
Date
08/02/1791
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1791080290001
Page start
1
Note
Mostly illegible.
Notable persons
Arthur St. Clair
Richard Butler
Indians
Companies of the First Regiment of Artillery
troops of the miita
Major Gaither
Company of Riflemen
the Contractor
Doctor Wilkins
Major Hart
Major Potter
Mrs. Butler
John Murray
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Muskingham
Notable items
brigades of pack horses
ammunition
river is low
protection of the frontier
health