Building Town and Appointment
Document 1801Mounting of cannons on carriages is going forward, contracts for shell and shot have been made. Ten of the guns are already at Presque Isle. Col. Strong and his troops encamped on good ground working to build new town named Wilkinsonville, below Fort Massac. Delayed appointment of Sec. of War.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Mounting of cannons on carriages is going forward, contracts for shell and shot have been made. Ten of the guns are already at Presque Isle. Col. Strong and his troops encamped on good ground working to build new town named Wilkinsonville, below Fort Massac. Delayed appointment of Sec. of War.
Date
02/13/1801
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1801021389001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig
workmen
Quartermaster General
Strong
Read
troops
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Presque Isle
Presque'isle
mouth of the Ohio
Ohio
river
Fort Massac
frontier
territory
post
fort
Wilkinsonville
town
Notable items
cannon
gun
shell
shot
contract
carriage