Payment for Boats
Document 1792As the Quartermaster General does not have the money to discharge Craig's accounts, he requests to draw on Knox for money owed to boat wright for the construction and delivery of boats to Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh May 27th 1793
To the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] General and
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the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
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The [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] and
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] for Fort Washington
The [undecipherable] [undecipherable] are [undecipherable] of [undecipherable]
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I am Sir
Your Obet
Hum Servt
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[Maj Gen [undecipherable]
Philadelphia]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
As the Quartermaster General does not have the money to discharge Craig's accounts, he requests to draw on Knox for money owed to boat wright for the construction and delivery of boats to Pittsburgh.
Date
05/27/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1792052754001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Isaac Craig
boat wright
carpenter
Quartermaster General
James O'Hara
Colonel James Marshall
James Marshell
Major Smith
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Fort Washington
Notable items
boats
account
camp kettles
axes
bar iron
shot

