Transportation Routes to Northwestern Posts
Document 1797Letter on transportation to Northwestern posts via Lake Erie received. Craig believed travel through Presque Isle, Le Boeuf, Franklin and Pittsburgh was a better choice. Craig cited a frozen lake as prohibitive to transportation of stores. Craig also received information that several portages on Albany/Schenectady route were frequently delayed. Mentioned land purchase at Mingo-Bottom.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter on transportation to Northwestern posts via Lake Erie received. Craig believed travel through Presque Isle, Le Boeuf, Franklin and Pittsburgh was a better choice. Craig cited a frozen lake as prohibitive to transportation of stores. Craig also received information that several portages on Albany/Schenectady route were frequently delayed. Mentioned land purchase at Mingo-Bottom.
Date
10/13/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1797101389001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Craig to Hodgdon, 10/27/1797.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig
Colonel
Thomas Forrest
Quartermaster General
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Lake Erie
waters
post
Northwestern posts
North
Western
territory
frontier
Pittsburg
Franklin
Presque Isle
Presque'isle
Le Boeuf
Germantown
Mingo-Bottom
land
Notable items
provisions
letter