Transportation
Document 1796Money to be applied to pay for troops on upper posts of the Ohio river. McClary's detachment furnished with one year's worth of clothing and traveled with Ellicott down the Ohio river. Due to insufficient nature of transportation previously offered to Ellicott he received additional boats from public stores. Mentioned that charges should go on Spanish treaty account. Noted that horses are employed to transport Indians and J. Heth to Philadelphia;
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Money to be applied to pay for troops on upper posts of the Ohio river. McClary's detachment furnished with one year's worth of clothing and traveled with Ellicott down the Ohio river. Due to insufficient nature of transportation previously offered to Ellicott he received additional boats from public stores. Mentioned that charges should go on Spanish treaty account. Noted that horses are employed to transport Indians and J. Heth to Philadelphia;
Date
10/28/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1796102854001
Page start
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Notable persons
James McHenry
Isaac Craig
Ensign John McClary
troops
Andrew Ellicot
Ellicott
Captain John Heth
Indians
chiefs
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Spanish
Quartermasters Department
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
upper posts of the Ohio
Ohio River
Philadelphia
Notable items
clothing
Kentucky boats
keel boats
horses
pay of the troops
muster rolls
pay rolls
stores
public stores
expenditures
Spanish Treaty