Ohio River Mail Boats and Rations
Document 1795Putnam to superintend matters related to mail system in Ohio. Crews of mail boats paid off through the end of the year. Discussed arrangements for annual pay of crew. Requested opinion on payment for repairs at Merietta and supply of rations.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Putnam to superintend matters related to mail system in Ohio. Crews of mail boats paid off through the end of the year. Discussed arrangements for annual pay of crew. Requested opinion on payment for repairs at Merietta and supply of rations.
Date
01/30/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1795013054001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Isaac Craig
General Putnam
post rider
crew
Major Kirkpatrick
Colonel Sproat
Colonel Ebenezer Sproat
Quartermaster General
Colonel Butler
militia
Charles Burrell
William Semple
William Temple
assistant quartermaster
Secretary of War
Commissary General
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Headquarters
Galliopolis
Gallipolis
Limestone
General Post Office
Marietta
Merrietta
Post Office Department
Notable items
mail
mail boats
vouchers of expenditures
pay
extract
letter
rations
supply
contract
charge
repairs of the works
personal services
insurrection