Report of Deserter Claiming to Have Been Captured By Indians & Escaped
Document 1794An alleged deserter claims that he was captured by Indians and later released. If he appears in Pittsburgh, he is to be apprehended and sent to Fort Washington and on to Legion headquarters.
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Type
Recipient's Letterbook Copy
Description
An alleged deserter claims that he was captured by Indians and later released. If he appears in Pittsburgh, he is to be apprehended and sent to Fort Washington and on to Legion headquarters.
Date
10/04/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794100415055
Page start
13
Note
Cited in Wayne to Knox, 10/04/1795.
Spans Images 13-14 in this collection.
Notable persons
Anthony Wayne
John Stagg
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of War
the President
Mr. Newman
advanced party of the Army
Major Craig
Notable locations
War Department
Carlisle
Roche de Bout
Niagara
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Fort Washington
Headquarters of the Legion
Boston
Notable items
absence of the Secretary of War
duties of his office
newspapers
Mr. Newman's desertion
pecuniary assistance
twenty dollars were advanced him
stage for Carlisle