Copies of letters from the Secretary of War to the Quartermaster General
Document 1797Discusses use of sloop Detroit to transport troops. Encloses copy of Act of Congress continuing Quarter Master General. Discusses future contracts for provisions. Is directed to turn attention to repair of store houses along lakes.
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Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Discusses use of sloop Detroit to transport troops. Encloses copy of Act of Congress continuing Quarter Master General. Discusses future contracts for provisions. Is directed to turn attention to repair of store houses along lakes.
Date
03/17/1797
Author
Recipient
Document number
1797031700001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Wilkins to McHenry, 03/24/1797; Cited in Wilkins to Hodgdon, 03/31/1797.
Notable persons
John Wilkins Jr
James McHenry
Senate
Legion
Quarter Master General
Contractor
Brigadier General James Wilkinson
troops
Samuel Hodgdon
Congress
Spaniards
Captain Miller
Isaac Williams
Mr. Craig
Indian
Notable locations
War Department
Northwest Posts
Detroit
ports on the Mississippi River
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Fort Fayette
Cincinnati
Notable items
commission
bills
estimate
Accounts of the Contractor
public property
oxen
pack horses
newspapers
sale
sloop Detriot
vessel
equipment
clothing
dispatches