Whether Officers' Families Entitled to Quarters
Document 1793Has not heard from Major General Wayne. Mentions dispatches borne by Ensign Morgan. It would afford satisfaction to be able to legally direct that officers' families be furnished with quarters, but there is no law authorizing. If there are unoccupied public barracks or rooms at Pittsburg, the families may occupy.
100%
⇣
No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
[November 8. 1793]
Major General Henry [undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Has not heard from Major General Wayne. Mentions dispatches borne by Ensign Morgan. It would afford satisfaction to be able to legally direct that officers' families be furnished with quarters, but there is no law authorizing. If there are unoccupied public barracks or rooms at Pittsburg, the families may occupy.
Date
11/08/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1793110814001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Craig to Knox, 11/15/1793.
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
Henry Knox
Samuel Hodgdon
Quartermaster General
James O'Hara
Anthony Wayne
Ensign Morgan
officers families
wives
husbands
Lieutenant Murts
Lieutenant Whistler
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Headquarters
Wilderness
Boston
Notable items
papers
quarters
fuel
expense
barracks
pay
vouchers
clothing