Alleged Neglect and Mismanagement
Document 1793Report to the House of Representatives on the causes of the failure of the expedition against the Indians in 1791, under the Command of Major General St. Clair. This part of the report focuses on the alleged neglect and mismanagement of the Quartermaster's and military stores' department.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
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Report to the House of Representatives on the causes of the failure of the expedition against the Indians in 1791, under the Command of Major General St. Clair. This part of the report focuses on the alleged neglect and mismanagement of the Quartermaster's and military stores' department.
Date
02/15/1793
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1793021590100
Notable persons
Mr. Giles
House of Representatives
Quartermaster General [Samuel Hodgdon]
Secretary of War [Knox]
Major General St. Clair
Theodosius Fowler
Secretary of the Treasury [Hamilton]
Walter Livingston
John Cochran
William Duer
Attorney General of the United States [Randolph]
lawyers of eminence
Colonel Neville
John Kean
Joseph Howell
General Butler
Major Ferguson
Captain Ford
Commander in Chief [St. Clair]
paymaster to the army
Mr. Swann
Gaither's and Rhea's battalions
Notable locations
Fort Pitt
Philadelphia
Fort Washington
Notable items
requisitions
mistakes
tents
knapsacks
camp kettles
cartridge boxes
packsaddles
ex-parte affidavits and certificates
manufacturers of the respective articles
arms sent forward
powder
enlistments
whiskey
contingent expenses
discharge of the levies
regard for candor