Lack of Intermediate Posts
Document 1791St. Clair informs Knox that his army has marched from the recently named Fort Hamilton and his numbers, exclusive of militia, are at two thousand. It is so late in the year that there is no time to build intermediate posts, the lack of which may prove harmful if the army has to march to the Miami villages.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
St. Clair informs Knox that his army has marched from the recently named Fort Hamilton and his numbers, exclusive of militia, are at two thousand. It is so late in the year that there is no time to build intermediate posts, the lack of which may prove harmful if the army has to march to the Miami villages.
Date
10/06/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Washington
Collection
Document number
1791100651800
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Arthur St. Clair
army
General Butler
militia
officers commanding corps
enemy
quartermaster
Captain Buel
sergeant and twelve men
War Office
Mr. Charles Wilkins, merchant of Lexington
troops
Notable locations
Fort Washington
Fort Hamilton
Miami villages
Lexington
War Office
Notable items
command of General Butler
order of march and encampment
abstract of the muster
monthly return
garrisons of this place
season is now so far advanced
punctuality of returns
intermediate posts
house
dispatches
some degree of certainty
channel of communication
river
desertion