Request for shoes, clothing, epaulets, company books, and a cat
Document 1792Pike asks that Knox forward a supply of shoes, epaulets, company books, and a "cat."
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[Letter from Col. Pike, August 24, 1792]
William Knox
No 71 Water Street
Philadelphia
Sir Trenton th 23d August 1792
Mr Polhemus informs me he omitted making application to you for Shoes to Complete the Thirty Suits of Clothing I beg you'd please to forward them as soon as possible as well as appaulets for Corpts the necessary Company Books and a Cat[undecipherable]
Mr Knox I am your Very
[signature: Zebulon Pike]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Pike asks that Knox forward a supply of shoes, epaulets, company books, and a "cat."
Date
08/23/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Trenton
Repository
Collection
Document number
1792082355002
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Knox
Captain Zebulon Pike
Mr Pothemus.
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Trenton
New Jersey
Notable items
informs me he omitted making application to you for shoes to complete the Thirty Suits of clothing
please forward them as soon as possible
epaulets for corporals
the necessary company books
and a cat

