Statement of the sale of public horses
Document 1798Lieutenant Colonel Butler observes that by a law a regiment is to consist of ten companies, and assumes that the Senior Lieutenants now in his regiment will receive the command of those companies, otherwise causing discontent. Butler adds that he has detached two officers on recruiting service, including one to Kentucky. Butler concludes by stating that he has ordered seven disordered cavalry horses to be sold, along with fourteen pack horses, in exchange for corn for the troops - the information for which he encloses.
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Autograph Letter Signed
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Lieutenant Colonel Butler observes that by a law a regiment is to consist of ten companies, and assumes that the Senior Lieutenants now in his regiment will receive the command of those companies, otherwise causing discontent. Butler adds that he has detached two officers on recruiting service, including one to Kentucky. Butler concludes by stating that he has ordered seven disordered cavalry horses to be sold, along with fourteen pack horses, in exchange for corn for the troops - the information for which he encloses.
Date
08/05/1798
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Document number
1798080590001
Page start
5
Note
LtCol Butler encloses to the Secretary at War a statement signed by Joseph Bowman dated 4 August 1798
Notable persons
James McHenry
Joseph Bowman
Thomas Butler
lieutenant
regiment
dragoons
Congress
companies
army
officers
Walton
Cherokee
judge
cavalry
accountant
William Page
Charles Wright
Robert Love
David Miller
William Buck
Hugh Dunlap
Patrick Shanky
William Cowan
Thomas Dodger
Copeland
Hugh Walker
David Caldwell
Notable locations
Belle Canton
Philadelphia
Kentucky
Abington
Cherokee Nation
Tennessee
Powell Valley
Halcon River
Dickinson College
Notable items
Horses
price
law
forage
corn
sale
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