Movement of the Corps to the Low Country, Etc.
Document 1800Wilkinson observes that should the Corps be needed in the Low Country, they should decamp from Pittsburgh and descend the Ohio anterior to the recession of the vernal floods because the voyage may be difficult during the summer months.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Wilkinson observes that should the Corps be needed in the Low Country, they should decamp from Pittsburgh and descend the Ohio anterior to the recession of the vernal floods because the voyage may be difficult during the summer months.
Date
02/27/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Headquarters Natchez [Mississippi Territory]
Collection
Document number
1800022760100
Note
Published in the Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. XXIV, 271-272.
Notable persons
James Wilkinson
Alexander Hamilton
Caleb Swan
troops
Lieutenant Boote
paymaster
Major Cushing
Lieutenant Colonel Gaither
Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Butler
Surgeons Mate Cornwell
Notable locations
Natchez
New Orleans
Chesapeake
Low Country
an Atlantic port
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Big Miami
Tennessee
Notable items
recommendation
information
dispatch
views of Government
brief remarks
floods
spring
disease
autumn
debauchery