Common Tents to Haskell, Etc.
Document 1791Knox is asked to furnish enough common tents to Capt. Haskell to cover about ninety men and horsemen. The men are to camp on the opposite side of the Schuykill the following morning and Knox should furnish a wagon to carry the baggage to the camping ground.
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[Docket, cover]: Letter of the War Office / [undecipherable] / Sept 19 1791 / [undecipherable]
[Stamp notation]: [undecipherable]
[Endorsement]: Mr Knox
Mr Knox —
Sir Please to furnish Captain Haskell with a sufficient number of common tents to cover about ninety men and horse men [undecipherable] his officers — The men are to encamp [undecipherable] the opposite side of the Schuylkill, to morrow morning, and you will furnish a waggon to carry out the baggage to the encamping ground —
Yours respectfully —
[undecipherable: probable reading C. B. Stagg Jr.]
Sept 19 1791
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Knox is asked to furnish enough common tents to Capt. Haskell to cover about ninety men and horsemen. The men are to camp on the opposite side of the Schuykill the following morning and Knox should furnish a wagon to carry the baggage to the camping ground.
Date
08/13/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1791081315001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Knox
John Stagg
Notable locations
War Department