Manning the Post at Presqu' Isle
Document 1795Governor Mifflin responds to Pickering's opposition to the post at Presque Isle by explaining how it could be adequately manned by state militia paid by the General Government.
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Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Governor Mifflin responds to Pickering's opposition to the post at Presque Isle by explaining how it could be adequately manned by state militia paid by the General Government.
Date
04/27/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1795042740101
Page start
1
Note
Largely illegible.
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering, Secretary of War
Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania
the President [Washington]
non-commissioned officers
privates
militia
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Presque Isle
Fort Le Boeuf
Notable items
establishment of a post at Presque Isle
military force
opposition
enlistment
term of service
captain
lieutenant
ensign, sergeant
corporal
drummer and fife
transfer
Act of Congress
rations for federal troops
protection
agency of Colonel Biddle
cost
damage
quartermaster and military stores
public service
saw mill