Contractor killed by Indians
Document 1794Informs James O'Hara, Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army, that Robert Elliot, one of the contractors, has been lately killed by hostile Indians, and that this might hinder the furnishing and forwarding of supplies.
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Type
Printed Document
Description
Informs James O'Hara, Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army, that Robert Elliot, one of the contractors, has been lately killed by hostile Indians, and that this might hinder the furnishing and forwarding of supplies.
Date
11/08/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Camp, Rostrave Township
Collection
Document number
1794110800100
Note
Mary Carson Darlington, ed., Fort Pitt and Letters from the Frontier (Pittsburgh, 1892), 280-281
Notable persons
James O'Hara
Alexander Hamilton
Robert Elliot
savages
Indians
Elie Williams
Quartermaster General
Notable locations
Camp
Rostrave Township
Notable items
supplies
contract
contractors
agents
provisions
Treasury