New Secretary of War and Future of the Agency
Document 1800Dexter, new Secretary of War still getting his bearings. Uncertain of the "agency's" future with the move to the City of Washington.
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[Address:]
Major Isaac Craig
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
[Endorsement, right margin:]
from
[undecipherable]
20 June 1800
Sam[undecipherable]
Head q[uarters]
[undecipherable] 1800
Philadelphia 20 June 1800
Sir—
Your letter of the 13 came to hand last evening — was glad to find the address enclosed in my former letter has safely arrived & that it was in train for the Public eye — thinks it may be useful — I still remain, and for any thing that at present appears, I am likely to remain in the City — Mr Dexter the new Secretary of War is at the City of Washington, but hardly, as yet is got into [underline: his [undecipherable: probable reading gear]] — The President will be here to day on his way to the eastward
Nothing particularly new — adieu — What will become of the Agency here is yet to be known — Mr [undecipherable] has no intention of going from hence under any circumstances —
Your most Obedient Servant
Samuel [undecipherable]
Major Isaac Craig
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Dexter, new Secretary of War still getting his bearings. Uncertain of the "agency's" future with the move to the City of Washington.
Date
06/20/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1800062036001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Craig to Hodgdon, 06/27/1800.
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
Samuel Hodgdon
Public Office
Miller
President
Samuel Dexter
Secretary of War
agency
War Department
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
City of Washington
Washington D.C.
Notable items
accounts

