Ensign Lewis Carrying Dispatches
Document 1796Ensign Meriwether Lewis arrived from Detroit with dispatches from the Commander in Chief to the Secretary of War which should be forwarded immediately by a confidential person. Ensign Lewis, being such a person, has been charged with carrying the packets with the dispatches to the Secretary. He has been furnished with a horse and forty dollars for his journey.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Ensign Meriwether Lewis arrived from Detroit with dispatches from the Commander in Chief to the Secretary of War which should be forwarded immediately by a confidential person. Ensign Lewis, being such a person, has been charged with carrying the packets with the dispatches to the Secretary. He has been furnished with a horse and forty dollars for his journey.
Date
11/21/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburg
Document number
1796112180101
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible
Enclosure: Ensign Lewis's receipt.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig
Secretary at War
Commander in Chief
Captain Turner
George Henson
George Hesson
Edward Magauro
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Notable items
dispatches
despatches
pistols
pair of pistols
holsters
receipt
draft
pay