Report from Detroit
Document 1799Strong provides a detailed assessment of the state of military affairs from his post at Detroit and the limitedd amount of supplies, espcially of a medical nature .
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Type
Autograph Letter
Description
Strong provides a detailed assessment of the state of military affairs from his post at Detroit and the limitedd amount of supplies, espcially of a medical nature .
Date
05/07/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Detroit
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799050760301
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
David Strong
General [James] Wilkinson
non-commissioned officers and privates
paymaster
Captain Miller
Second Regiment
Savages
Canadian Militia
Colonel [John] Hamtramck
Notable locations
Detroit
Fort Massac
Niagara
Fort Washington
Fort Lernault [?]
Notable items
artillery
arms
stores
clothing
discipline of the troops
return of the Regiment
barracks
citdel
brick storehouse
casualties
monthly muster rolls
communications
circuitous route
obstacles
slender state of ammunition
cartridge boxes
swords for non-commissioned officers
imperfect assortment of medicine and hospital stores
enormous price
Acts of Congress
detachment of sixty men
extract of a letter from the Secretary of War [McHenry]
rations
state of decadence
provisions
compensation
labor
principal of morality
utmost emergencies
powder