Colonel Parker's Encampment in Harper's Ferry
Document 1799Lear reports on Colonel Parker's camp at Harper's Ferry. There was some concern that there was not enough lumber to build huts to house the regiment, but the area purchased by the US had sufficient trees for lumber.
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Type
Document
Description
Lear reports on Colonel Parker's camp at Harper's Ferry. There was some concern that there was not enough lumber to build huts to house the regiment, but the area purchased by the US had sufficient trees for lumber.
Date
11/04/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Mount Vernon
Collection
Document number
1799110490100
Note
Enclosed in McHenry to Hamilton, 1191799. (Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to Vol. 24.)
Notable persons
George Washington
Tobias Lear
Colonel Parker
Regiments
Major Hoops' Battalion of Artillery
Captain Freeman
Colonel Moore
General Alexander Hamilton
Colonel Hall
Captain Henry
Captain Glenn
Notable locations
Mount Vernon
Harper's Ferry
Winchester
Frederick town
Maryland
New York
Yorktown
Carlisle
Notable items
express
camp
huts
logs
ground belonging to the US
quantity of timber
slabs
plank
encampment