Requsition from the Detachment at Albany

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Requsition from the Detachment at Albany

Description

Timothy Pickering, Quartermaster General, has received a requistion from the detachment at Albany. Because Pickering lacks the means to answer Albany, he forwards the request to the Secretary at War, Henry Knox. This document is the cover letter to the request forwarded by Pickering.

year created

1785

month created

06

day created

07

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Henry Knox
Timothy Pickering
Mr. Hodgdon
Colonel Edward Carrington
Secretary at War
Quartermaster General
Deputy Quartermaster General
Captain Derick Lane
troops

notable location

Philadelphia
Albany

notable item/thing

requisition

document number

1785060740001

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) DFL15 (1 pages) Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) V: 88, P: 213

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Timothy Pickering Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient Henry Knox [unknown] [n/a]