The Infamous Mr. Martin
Document 1793Wayne has been informed by Mr. Morrison, a gentleman of veracity, that he saw between twenty and thirty wagon-loads of public stores laying at Shippensburg. Mr. Martin who brought them that far was so infamous a character that he would not hire a team to bring them on to Pittsburgh. He has uniformly defrauded every person with whom he has had any dealings. Wayne fears that if the water fails as it did the previous year his army will be the ultimate sufferers.
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[Extract of a Letter from Major General Wayne to the Secretary of War dated 2d July 1793]
Extract of a Letter from Major General Wayne to the Secretary of War dated 2d July 1793
"I am just now inform'd by a Mr Morrison a Gentleman of Veracity, that he saw between twenty and thirty waggon loads of public Stores laying at Shippensburg about three or twenty days since — [undecipherable] been there some time, and that a Mr Harlan, who brought them that far, was of so infamous a Character that he could not hire a single team to bring them on to Pittsburgh — that he had uniformly defrauded every person with whom he has any dealings in that way — I fear that we shall ultimately be the sufferers should the water fail as last year which we have every reason to apprehend" —
[From General Wayne to the Secretary of War 2d July 1793 —]
[No. 7]
Type
Extract of Letter
Description
Wayne has been informed by Mr. Morrison, a gentleman of veracity, that he saw between twenty and thirty wagon-loads of public stores laying at Shippensburg. Mr. Martin who brought them that far was so infamous a character that he would not hire a team to bring them on to Pittsburgh. He has uniformly defrauded every person with whom he has had any dealings. Wayne fears that if the water fails as it did the previous year his army will be the ultimate sufferers.
Date
07/02/1793
Author
Recipient
Document number
1793070240002
Page start
1
Note
Extract of a letter.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Anthony Wayne
Mr Morrison
Mr. Martin
Notable locations
Shippensburg
Philadelphia
Ohio River
Notable items
wagon loads
public stores
fraud
contractor fraud


