Reimbursement for rangers
Document 1791Secretary Knox reminds the lieutenants of Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Alleghany Counties, Pennsylvania, and Ohio County, Virginia, to submit to Congress requests for monetary reimbursement to pay for use of rangers.
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[Copy of a circular letter from the Secretary of War to the lieutenants of the counties of Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Alleghany in the State of Pennsylvania and Ohio in the State of Virginia]
War department,
6th October 1791.
Sir,
By the arrangement of major general Butler, on the 25th of July last, it appears that you that you were authorised to draw forth from the militia of the county of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ for its protection against the indians, for the term of two months, unless Sooner discharged —
As the Said term is expired it will be necessary that the evidence of the Service perform ed in pursuance of Said arrangement be transmitted as Soon as may be to this office, and that the Said evidence be Strictly conformible to the regulations Stated in my letter to you of the 19th day of last March, and that the
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Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Description
Secretary Knox reminds the lieutenants of Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Alleghany Counties, Pennsylvania, and Ohio County, Virginia, to submit to Congress requests for monetary reimbursement to pay for use of rangers.
Date
10/06/1791
Author
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1791100600201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Richard Butler
Arthur St. Clair
rangers
Ebenezer Sproat
Moses Vander
militia
Notable locations
War Department
Westmoreland County, Fayette County, Washington County, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania
Ohio County, Virginia
Marietta
Galliopolis
Notable items
Expenses
congressional appropriation

