Supply of Troops
Document 1792Describes obtaining supplies for troops, shortages, and payment. Craig thinks that the payment offered by O'Hara for his position is too low.
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[undecipherable]
Pittsburgh 15th June 1792
Sir
I have Received Major Stagg's letter [undecipherable] Inclosed with [several] Other which Shall be forwarded — Yesterday two hundred Rifles [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] hand, [was] delivered to Me —
Major McMahon has called on me for Arms & Clothing for his Battalion, the Clothing is not yet come to hand, nor have I Received your Order, to deliver these Articles to [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] Major McMahon —
General Wayne arrived here Yesterday —
The [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] mentioned in your former letter are not yet come to hand — Capt [undecipherable] says, he is not authorized to offer me more than fifty dollars [&] a Month for my Service, that even is by no Means a Compensation for [undecipherable] them & one [undecipherable] — I have considered my [situation] [undecipherable] Incompatible with the trust Reposed in it: When I engaged to take Charge of the Public Store at the [undecipherable] for thirty dollars [&] a Month, I kept [undecipherable] my duty [and] have been [undecipherable] to Receive [undecipherable] at the Public Store [constantly] [undecipherable] [engaging] in [mercantile] dealings on trust — have been [undecipherable] — since I have been engaged on [Service] in which I have had the Management of [Public] Money my whole attention, has been directed, Most [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] depending on you for [undecipherable] —
[undecipherable] duty is not [so] Complicated, nor [undecipherable] greater, Inform [undecipherable] that his pay [is] 50 dollars [a] Month besides his [Emoluments] —
fare Sir
Your Rectt
Hume Servt
[undecipherable: Isaac Craig]
Genl [undecipherable]
Philadelphia
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Describes obtaining supplies for troops, shortages, and payment. Craig thinks that the payment offered by O'Hara for his position is too low.
Date
06/15/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1792061554001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Knox to Craig, 06/22/1792.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Isaac Craig
Major John Stagg
Major McMahon
General Anthony Wayne
Captain O'Hara
James O'Hara
Mr. Belli
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Notable items
rifles
arms
clothing
battalion
sieves
powder
pay
mercantile pursuit
public stores

