Outlines Activity in Response to Fever Alarm
Document 1799Has not wasted any time in entering documents for the Commissariate. Shall try to obtain a complete list of items for Oswego and Niagara, or shall make the principal of the department responsible. Mr. Kirkpatrick and Mr. Day will be in charge of all affairs west of Fort Washington, and Craig will look over all affairs east. The fever causes removal of public offices within 4 or 5 days. Believes the alarm will subside.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Has not wasted any time in entering documents for the Commissariate. Shall try to obtain a complete list of items for Oswego and Niagara, or shall make the principal of the department responsible. Mr. Kirkpatrick and Mr. Day will be in charge of all affairs west of Fort Washington, and Craig will look over all affairs east. The fever causes removal of public offices within 4 or 5 days. Believes the alarm will subside.
Date
08/23/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1799082328155
Page start
547
Note
Cited in Craig to Hodgdon, 09/20/1799.
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr. Kirkpatrick
Mr. Day
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Oswego
Niagara
Fort Washington
Notable items
Documents
Vouchers
Fever