Secretary at War appoints the Commanding Officer at Fort Franklin
Document 1794From the War Department, the Secretary at War directs an unidentified officer, perhaps John Crawford, to "instantly" repair to Fort Franklin and assume command of the post.
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War department, June 14. 1794.
You will repair, instantly, to Fort Franklin and take the command of that post. If Captain Heth Has[undecipherable: not] [undecipherable] arrived so many of his recruits as will be [undecipherable] to make the garrison of Fort Franklin amount to[undecipherable] noncommissioned and privates must be taken for the purpose. If Heth's detachment should not be sufficient, the number to be made up from the garrison of Fayette. But if both should not be able to afford a sufficiency, Captain Bozicot Howe who is on his march, must furnish the number. Major Butler is to repair to Pittsburg and take the command there.
Intrenching tools, axes, paper, and other quarter master's stores must be taken with you, and a plenty of powder and lead.
You must also have three month's provisions always in the garrison.
I have sent a copy of this letter to Major Thomas Butler.
You are to understand that you are instantly to repair to Fort Franklin with the stores ammunition &c. with as large a number [undecipherable: for twelve,]
Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
From the War Department, the Secretary at War directs an unidentified officer, perhaps John Crawford, to "instantly" repair to Fort Franklin and assume command of the post.
Date
06/14/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794061414101
Page start
1
Note
This image is a letter fragment. Consequently, Knox's name is not part of the partial letter that exists in this image. However, this correspondance was attributed to Knox because it is marked "War Department" and because the verbiage herein issues a direct order that only the Secretary at War has the authority to give.
Notable persons
John Crawford
Henry Knox
Major Thomas Butler
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
provisions
powder
lead
stores
intrenching tools
entrenching tools
axes
paper