Requests Supplies for George Druger for Fort Massac
Document 1799Instructs the commanding officer at South West Point to supply George Druger, an express rider, with the necessary provisions and supplies he needs to reach Fort Massac.
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Knoxville June 2nd 1799
Sir
George Druger being an express for General Welkinson, And now charged with several dispatches from the War Office, to the General, and to other public Officers; please to supply him with provisions, and what necessarys he may want to Fort Massac.
I am respectfully your Humb Servt David Henley Agent of War
To the Officer Commanding at Southwest Point
(42) [editor’s note: this last number is penciled on the bottom of the page]
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Instructs the commanding officer at South West Point to supply George Druger, an express rider, with the necessary provisions and supplies he needs to reach Fort Massac.
Date
06/02/1799
Author
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1799060290101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Officer Commanding at South West Point
David Henley
George Druger
General James Wilkinson
War Office
express
Notable locations
Knoxville
Fort Massac
South West Point
Notable items
express
several dispatches
supply him
provisions
necessaries