Shipment of Supplies, Violence due to Alcohol
Document 1795Craig sending keel boat with small load of powder and lead with hopes it will reach Fort Washington in a few days. Other military supplies sent to Presque Isle. Notification by Cornplanter that "strong Liquors" have greatly damaged his country and the killings related to drinking alcohol.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Craig sending keel boat with small load of powder and lead with hopes it will reach Fort Washington in a few days. Other military supplies sent to Presque Isle. Notification by Cornplanter that "strong Liquors" have greatly damaged his country and the killings related to drinking alcohol.
Date
12/25/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1795122554001
Page start
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Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Isaac Craig
militia
Cornplanter
Corn Planter
Captain Brant
brethren
chiefs
Colonel Butler
President
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Fort Washington
Ohio River
Presque Isle
Presque'isle
Cherokee
Fort Franklin
Generadego
Chenarces
Notable items
keel boat
powder
lead
invoice
tents
entrenching tools
shovels
alcohol
white wampum
black wampum
notes
crime
compensation
recruiting money
strong liquors