Compensation Request for Lost Horses
Document 1794Arthur St. Clair requests monetary reimbursement for four horses lost during the campaign against the Miami Indians on November 4, 1791.
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[Copy to the Secret y of War
May 10th 1794]
Philadelphia May 10th 1794
Sir.
In the Action on the fourth of November 1791, I had four Horses killed, three of which were my private Property, and one belong'd to the public. One of them cost me fifty Pounds, one a hundred Dollars; and one ninety, and no allowance has been made for them. I am now in great want of Horses or shall be in short time, and am not able to purchase — [interlineation: them to present them, that you] Will you be pleas'd to direct the Quarter Master to replace those Horses or to pay me for them, together with the premium for two. I have the honor to be
Your mst hble Servant
A. J. McClary [undecipherable]
Gent Knox
Secretary of War
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Arthur St. Clair requests monetary reimbursement for four horses lost during the campaign against the Miami Indians on November 4, 1791.
Date
05/10/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794051040301
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Arthur St. Clair
Miami
Indians
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Northwest Territory
Notable items
horses
private property