[No. 33] Building Barracks at Fort Fayette
Document 1794No permanent arrangement for additional troops at Fort Fayette, advised best judgment in determining if building additional barracks is necessary. If council held at Redstone yields overtures of more violence, Craig is authorized to build more barracks after the approbation of Lieut. Col. Butler.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
No permanent arrangement for additional troops at Fort Fayette, advised best judgment in determining if building additional barracks is necessary. If council held at Redstone yields overtures of more violence, Craig is authorized to build more barracks after the approbation of Lieut. Col. Butler.
Date
09/06/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1794090620001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Craig to Knox, 029/12/1794.
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
John Stagg
Secretary of War
Henry Knox
Jonathan Stagg
Secretary of the Treasury
Lieutenant Colonel Butler
garrison
troops
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
War Department
Fort Fayette
frontier
Redstone
Red Stone
barracks
Pennsylvania
Notable items
permanent augmentation of force
garrison
barracks