Outlines Activites to Meet Insurgents in Pennsylvania
Document 1799Continuation to reject the execution based on just authority of the government in Northampton County. Mentions cases of open violence. Requests detachment of volunteers with a paymaster and a quartermaster. Requests assistance marching prisoners to Philadelphia. Delineates responsibilities with the militia with utmost vigilance and ability to march at the shortest notice and outlines troops sent to Reading as well as other nearby locations. Mentions authorization of the President. Outlines instructions for the troops.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Continuation to reject the execution based on just authority of the government in Northampton County. Mentions cases of open violence. Requests detachment of volunteers with a paymaster and a quartermaster. Requests assistance marching prisoners to Philadelphia. Delineates responsibilities with the militia with utmost vigilance and ability to march at the shortest notice and outlines troops sent to Reading as well as other nearby locations. Mentions authorization of the President. Outlines instructions for the troops.
Date
03/21/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799032100301
Page start
1
Note
Illegible document.
Notable persons
William MacPherson
James McHenry
John Adams
Volunteers
Paymaster
Quartermaster
Prisoners
Captain Shoemaker
Captain Irvine
Lieutenant Boot
Notable locations
War Department
Northampton County
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Frederick, Maryland
Reading, Pennsylvania
Brunswick, New Jersey
New Town, Pennsylvania