Instructions to General MacPherson
Document 1799These are McHenry's orders to General MacPherson respecting the suppression of the insurrection in the Counties of Northhampton, Montgomery, and Bucks in Pennsylvania (Fries's Rebellion). He is to form a detachment from the volunteers of that state as part of the provisional army that includes two volunteer companies of cavalry from Philadelphia.
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These are McHenry's orders to General MacPherson respecting the suppression of the insurrection in the Counties of Northhampton, Montgomery, and Bucks in Pennsylvania (Fries's Rebellion). He is to form a detachment from the volunteers of that state as part of the provisional army that includes two volunteer companies of cavalry from Philadelphia.
Date
03/21/1799
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Recipient
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War Department
Document number
1799032100401
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Notable persons
William MacPherson
James McHenry
John Adams
volunteer companies
paymaster
militia
Quarter Master General
contractors
Doctor Joseph Strong
Marshal
offenders
Captain Shoemaker
Captain Irwin
infantry
artillerists
Lieutenant Boote
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War Department
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Reading
Fort Mifflin
New York
Brunswick, New Jersey
Newtown, Pennsylvania
tax assessors
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pay rolls
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medicines
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instructions
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general resistance
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