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Document 1799Wilkins acknowledges his temporary appointment as Quartermaster General but stresses that appointments and changes he might initiate may not be to the liking of the permanant occupant of this important position. He warns that this temporary appointment will hinder his ability to function as the Quartermaster General of the Western Army which is his normal post. He describes the means by which stores are transported westward and cash is disbursed which might serve as a model for the entire army.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Wilkins acknowledges his temporary appointment as Quartermaster General but stresses that appointments and changes he might initiate may not be to the liking of the permanant occupant of this important position. He warns that this temporary appointment will hinder his ability to function as the Quartermaster General of the Western Army which is his normal post. He describes the means by which stores are transported westward and cash is disbursed which might serve as a model for the entire army.
Date
08/20/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1799082060000
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
John Wilkins, Jr.
Quartermaster General for the Western army
Deputies were appointed for the different armies
Division and Brigade Quartermasters
captain and crews of two gallies on the Mississippi
the Purveyor
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
mouth of French Creek
Le Boeuf
Notable items
law of March last [Act for better organizing the troops of the United States]
high military rank
source of great confusion and embarrassment
dispersed situation of the troops
considerable embarrassment in my accounts
Indian goods
ordnance stores
hospital stores
clothing
stores destined for the Lakes
excellent store houses built on public ground
wagons to Presq'Isle
posts on the Lake
saw mill
posts on the Ohio and Mississippi
disbursement of cash for the western army
means of transport
building and repairs to forts and barracks
building and repairs to vessels on the Lakes
compensation allowed to me