Letter from Sam Boyd at Lancaster Ohio soliciting to be employed to make sundry articles for public use in the wake of unfortunate St. Clair expedition

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Type

Letter Signed

Description

Boyd opens by noting that the late misfortune [presumably the St. Clair expedition that previous November] will be the cause of another campaign. He then notes that if the War Department is in need of wagons, horse harnesses, pack horses, bells and collars, tomahawks, shovels, spades, horse shoes, camp kettles, he can provide these at reasonable rates.

Date

01/06/1792

Author

Recipient

Sent from

Lancaster Ohio

Document number

1792010680001

Page start

1

Notable persons

William Knox
Sam Boyd
John Kettern Esquire

Notable locations

Philadelphia
Lancaster
War Department
Pennsylvania
War Office

Notable items

wagons, horse harnesses, pack horses, bells and collars, tomahawks, shovels, spades, horse shoes, camp kettles