Adequate Provisions for the Troops
Document 1795Pickering wants to know how many days provisions would ensure a supply against common incidents. He believes that a further provison of a month's rations for the troops should be made after their arrival in case the Contractor does not at first provide an adequate supply.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Pickering wants to know how many days provisions would ensure a supply against common incidents. He believes that a further provison of a month's rations for the troops should be made after their arrival in case the Contractor does not at first provide an adequate supply.
Date
11/13/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Collection
Document number
1795111300001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Timothy Pickering
Mr. Glenn
Contractor
Notable locations
War Office
southern states
Notable items
experience of the voyages with troops to the southern states
provisions
supply against common accidents
further provision of rations for the troops after their arrival
adequate supply
quantities of hospital stores