Orders to suspend march to West Point
Document 1795Pickering notes that the troops at West Point are sickly and therefore orders Captain Alexander Thompson to suspend the march there. Expresses a hope that measures taken will produce favorable change in health of men.
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War Office July 31. 1795.
Sir,
My information from West Point is, that the troops are very sickly: your march thither may therefore be suspended until further order. Measures are taking to furnish them with a change of provisions, & necessaries which I hope will produce a favorable change in the health of the men.
I am Sir
your most Obt. Servant
Timothy Pickering
Capt. Alexander Thompson
[address panel: Department of War / T. Pickering / Captain Alexander Thompson / Governors Island / New York]
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Letter Signed
Description
Pickering notes that the troops at West Point are sickly and therefore orders Captain Alexander Thompson to suspend the march there. Expresses a hope that measures taken will produce favorable change in health of men.
Date
07/31/1795
Author
Recipient
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War Office
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Document number
1795073100001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Captain Alexander Thompson
Timothy Pickering
sick troops
Secretary of War
Notable locations
War Office
West Point
Governors Island
New York
Notable items
health
march
sickness
orders