Summary of correspondence from General Knox to General Wayne
DocumentAccounts of raising & recruiting army companies; advises re uniforms, arms & accoutrements; standardization of procedures. Peace negotiations with Indians.
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Instances of a
correspondence with [undecipherable] officers, under and [undecipherable] the authority of the General [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] more entries to Maj. Gen. Wayne
July 20 1792.
"you will permit Brig. Gen. Wilkin[son] to keep up a constant correspondence with you. I shall answer all the letters I have received from him, and transmit you a copy thereof, as well for your in[formation] of past events, as to show you that a correspondence is not unnecessarily carried on from this office with an officer under your immediate orders"
[Same letter mentioned — referring to Brig. Gen. Wilks & considers his command.]
Same letter. "The regulations relative to the receipt & delivery of stores of all sorts shall be transmitted to you as early as possible."
July 27. to the same from the same. "As prisoners may be wounded or disabled it is necessary the antecedent requisite to their being to remain in the garrison be regulated — The following is therefore presented, the substance of which was contained in my letter to Brig. Gen. Wilkinson of the 17 inst., a copy of which has been transmitted to you."
The regulations respecting musters and to be transmitted in the letter above alluded to be in the best written to Gen. Wilk[inson] — & copies [undecipherable] of this letter [undecipherable] Gov. [undecipherable] to Gen. Wayne — to be [undecipherable]
easy for General government in all such cases
for must all this have been some authority under the command [undecipherable]
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Accounts of raising & recruiting army companies; advises re uniforms, arms & accoutrements; standardization of procedures. Peace negotiations with Indians.
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Extract of letters from General Knox to General Wayne: Neither the date or the recipient can be determined from this document
Notable persons
Anthony Wayne
Henry Knox
Eaton
Asheton
Major Clarke
Major Butler
Major McCulley
Cornplanter
General Israel Chapin
Captain Brant
Captain Hendricks
General Wilkinson
Robert Morrison
Major Trueman
Major Rudulph
Rodger
Winston
Lockwood
Trigg
Major Craig
Lieutenant Melcher
Captain Henry Bowyer
Gibson
Preston
Thomas Lewis
Howell Leur
Captain Cheston
Captain Springer
Lt. Smith
deserters
Chickasaws
troops
deputy agent of the five nations
scouts
comptroller
paymaster
cavalry
Notable locations
War Department
Carlile
[Carlisle]
Vermont
Au Glaize
Fort Washington
Ohio County
Newark, New Jersey
Pittsburg
Green Briar Court House
Point Pleasant
Henhawa
Wabash
Au Glaize
Notable items
legionary howitzers
shells
three pound balls
invoices
powder
report
forage
paper wood
public property
instructions
regulations
public property
saddles
cavalry equipment
blankets
suits of rifle clothing
suits of clothing shoes
canteens
knapsacks
shoes
rifles
arms
accoutrements
clothing
tents
camp equipage

