Outlines Orders, Troop Routes
Document 1797Requests purchase of horses in Kentucky. Horses should be ready to assemble at Fort Washington on short notice. Outlines route for supplies sent to the Lakes. Orders route for troops to Tennessee. Suggests break in chain of posts, including the removal of stores from Greenville. Requests company.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Requests purchase of horses in Kentucky. Horses should be ready to assemble at Fort Washington on short notice. Outlines route for supplies sent to the Lakes. Orders route for troops to Tennessee. Suggests break in chain of posts, including the removal of stores from Greenville. Requests company.
Date
03/16/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1797031690101
Page start
1
Note
Author cannot be confirmed from image
Notable persons
John Wilkins
[James] [Wilkinson]
Major Buell
Captain Schaumburgh
troops
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Kentucky
Fort Washington
Pittsburgh
Great Lakes
Le Boeuf
Ohio River
Presque Isle
Tennessee
Cumberland River
Knoxville
Fort Wayne
Fort Defiance
Greenville
Miami of the Ohio
Notable items
horses
stores
equipment