Boat Construction
Document 1792Boats previously purchased did not suit need to transport horses so Craig has contracted the construction of wider boats. Provisions and ammunition sent to Fort Franklin.
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[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] III
Pittsburgh, 2d March, 1792
Sir,
I have herewith enclosed [undecipherable] There are to the [undecipherable] extent the Indian Goods seem to have got that favour of [undecipherable] I have [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] taking note of you in my Return.
By a letter from [undecipherable] Officer dated [undecipherable] Ultimo all was well at the Post that [undecipherable] by the Bearer of [undecipherable] it appears me that on the 3d [undecipherable] a Party [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] Fort Franklin and he met the [undecipherable] with the Indian Goods, [undecipherable] and Ammunition & Says they Expected to Reach the Post same day.
Capt Baldwin Set off from Fort Franklin on the 24 & Expected to [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] at two [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] — take him along with him.
I have Contracted for thirty Boats to be delivered part of May at this place, Each of which will carry forty thousand [undecipherable] — The Boats that were purchased last year for the like use were found to be too contracted for carrying [undecipherable] on [undecipherable] Loading — being too narrow for two horses, & Unnecessary wide for one to stand a cross — I have therefore directed them to be built [undecipherable] feet wider — By fifteen feet & Stronger than those made in Kentucky — Ten of those Boats can be got Sooner if wanted — the other twenty Shall be ready in due time.
The Post is just arrived, but as he [undecipherable] has not more than an hour — have only time to acknowledge the Receipt of your favor of the 15 Ultimo. Together a letter from the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Gen[undecipherable: probable reading "General"].
[undecipherable] a Receipt for which I have taken the liberty of enclosing — a few days ago all the Pack Horses that could be collected was loaded with provisions & Ammunition & sent to Fort Franklin — and two Boats are to Leave for the same place as soon as [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of the way — which must necessarily be in a few days — I have been and shall be very particular in all [undecipherable] Having taken duplicate Receipts for all the time [undecipherable] — I shall not neglect to take proper Care of all the Powder the Flannel & Paints have not yet come to hand — as soon as it arrives I shall have the Powder Repacked.
[undecipherable] Sir
Your Obedt
Humle Servt
Isaac Craig
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Boats previously purchased did not suit need to transport horses so Craig has contracted the construction of wider boats. Provisions and ammunition sent to Fort Franklin.
Date
03/02/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1792030254001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Craig to Knox, 03/10/1792.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Isaac Craig
Major Craig
Secretary of War
Captain Baldwin
Lieutenant Jeffers
paymaster
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Fort Franklin
Notable items
powder
provisions
ammunition
Indian goods
contract
boats
invoice
return
purchase
public use
horses
bulky loading
powder
flannel
paint

