Sargent discusses the Adjutant General with Knox
Document 1792Letter, alludes to St. Clair's campaign defeat; discusses post of Adjutant general.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, alludes to St. Clair's campaign defeat; discusses post of Adjutant general.
Date
01/06/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Washington
Repository
Collection
Document number
1792010640001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Winthrop Sargent
Major Zeigler
Vicarn
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort Washington
United States
Pittsburgh
Notable items
observe the President of the United States intimates that the office of the adjutant general may be dispensed with at the end of the campaign and the
discharge of the duties
endeavored to deserve better
termination of active service
inducement to the campaign
ought to merit well of my government only and to render those services which I imagined
knowledge of the commanding generals
expedition
attend to your requests
some few of the holes were negotiated at Pittsburgh
account for a small deviation from your instructions
received your letter