Request for additional information
Item
Type
Autograph Letter
Title
Request for additional information
Description
Pickering asks Carleton for additional information about the movement of troops to the frontier posts.
year created
1784
month created
08
day created
27
author
recipient
sent to location
War Office
in collection
in image
content note
This is only a partial document. The second page image does not belong with this letter.
notable person/group
Joseph Carleton
Timothy Pickering
Joseph Carleton
secretary in the war office
Timothy Pickering
Colonel Hull
notable location
War Office
Philadelphia
Niagra
Detroit
Michilimackinac [Mica Mackinac] [Fort Makinac]
troops
Canada
frontier posts
Fort Pitt
Cayuhoga [Cuyahoga]
Fort Stanwix
notable item/thing
letter
answer
questions
garrisons
season
means of water transportation
evacuated
garrison
provision
boats
stores
cannon
military stores
provisions
post
rations
document number
1784082740001
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | DFK24 (2 pages) | Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) | V: 88, P: 98-99 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Joseph Carleton | War Office | [n/a] |