Discussion of Correspondence from & Quartermaster Duties for Frontier Forts
Document 1797Discusses correspondence from Forts Defiance and Washington, including an account of the disappearance of several men, who are feared to be dead. References the Quartermaster Department's responsibilities to the men at those and other frontier forts.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Discusses correspondence from Forts Defiance and Washington, including an account of the disappearance of several men, who are feared to be dead. References the Quartermaster Department's responsibilities to the men at those and other frontier forts.
Date
03/03/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1797030340002
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
John Wilkins
missing men
dead
Quartermaster Department
Quartermaster General
Secretary of War
Indians
Fort Miami
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Fort Defiance
Fort Washington
Notable items
disappearance
death