Order of Arms for Pennsylvania
Document 1792Secretary Knox requests that Major Craig deliver two hundred stand of arms to Governor Mifflin or to Clement Biddle, the Quartermaster General of Pennsylvania. The arms are for the use of the militia of the western frontier.
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War Department
June 15. 1792
Sir,
I request that you will deliver to the Order of his Excellency Governor Mufflin [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Ba[undecipherable] the Quarter Master Genl of the State of Pennsylvania two hundred Stand of Arms taking Duplicate Receipts
I am Sir yr Most humble Sert
H Knox
Secy of War
[Major Isaac Craig
Pittsburgh]
Major Craig is requested to deliver the above to the order of Major Genl [undecipherable: probable reading M'Cluskay] or in his absence to Major John Brown for the Use of the Militia of the Western Countries
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Secretary Knox requests that Major Craig deliver two hundred stand of arms to Governor Mifflin or to Clement Biddle, the Quartermaster General of Pennsylvania. The arms are for the use of the militia of the western frontier.
Date
06/15/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1792061500101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
Henry Knox
Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania
Clement Biddle, Quartermaster General of Pennsylvania
militia of the western frontier
Major George McCulley
Major John Irwin
Notable locations
War Department
Pennsylvania
Notable items
duplicate receipt