Monthly return of the Pennsylvania troops at Fort McIntosh, and removal of vagabonds
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Monthly return of the Pennsylvania troops at Fort McIntosh, and removal of vagabonds
Description
Lt.Colonel Josiah Harmar send to President John Dickinson a return of Pennsylvania troops in the service of the United States. Harmar recommends David Duncan to Dickinson for the job of taking charge of Fort McIntosh after the retrograde of 1st American Regiment. Reports on the detachment of an officer and party to remove and destroy the improvements of squatters.
"Understanding that several Vagabonds had presumed to improve the land betwixt this and Fort Pitt which have been appropriated by the honorable the legislature of the State for the redemption of the depreciation Certificates, and apprehending that a removal of them would meet your Excellency's and the honorable Council's approbation, (altho' not in the line of duty as a Continental Officer,) I have taken liberty to detach an Officer with a small party, who has destroyed their cabins and driven them from their improvements."
"Understanding that several Vagabonds had presumed to improve the land betwixt this and Fort Pitt which have been appropriated by the honorable the legislature of the State for the redemption of the depreciation Certificates, and apprehending that a removal of them would meet your Excellency's and the honorable Council's approbation, (altho' not in the line of duty as a Continental Officer,) I have taken liberty to detach an Officer with a small party, who has destroyed their cabins and driven them from their improvements."
year created
1785
month created
05
day created
01
author
sent from location
Fort McIntosh
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in collection
in publication
content note
Pennsylvania Archives vol. 10 by Hazard
notable person/group
John Dickinson
Josiah Harmar
1st American Regiment
David Duncan
Captain W. Finney
Captain D. Zeigler
Captain W. McCurdy
Captain Douglass
Lieutenant Beatty
Surgeon McDowell
Lieutenant Herbert
Ensign Denny
Vagabonds
Field grade officers
Commissioned Officers
Staff officers
non-commissioned officers
bombardiers
gunners
matrosses
congress
chaplain
Quarter master
pay master
notable location
Fort McIntosh
Fort Pitt
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
notable item/thing
depreciation certificates
cabins
infantry
artillery
notable phrase
Understanding that several Vagabonds had presumed to improve the land betwixt this and Fort Pitt which have been appropriated by the honorable the legislature of the State for the redemption of the depreciation Certificates, and apprehending that a removal of them would meet your Excellency's and the honorable Council's approbation, (altho' not in the line of duty as a Continental Officer,) I have taken liberty to detach an Officer with a small party, who has destroyed their cabins and driven them from their improvements.
document number
1785050115800
Item sets
Document instances
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: Pennsylvania Archives vol. 10 | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Josiah Harmar | Fort McIntosh | [n/a] |
| Recipient | President John Dickinson | Philadelphia | [n/a] |