Regarding Numbers & Subsistence for Prisioners and Indians at Fort Schuyler
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Regarding Numbers & Subsistence for Prisioners and Indians at Fort Schuyler
Description
Joseph Carleton, War Office, directs LtCol Nicholas Fish, Commander of New York troops, to provide an accurate number of prisoners and Indians being held at Fort Schuyler. Carleton needs an accurate count to provide subsistence for the detainees.
year created
1785
month created
10
day created
07
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
in collection
note
3 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, two without images.
notable person/group
Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Fish
Joseph Carleton
Mr. Calbrath
Indians
prisoners
notable location
War Office
Fort Schuyler
Albany
New York
notable item/thing
provisions
supplies
business
post
subsistence
incarceration
document number
1785100715001
page start
1
transcription
Public Service
Lieutenant Colonel Fish
at
Albany
War Office
War Office October 7th : 1785
Sir
I am informed by Mr Calbrath that two Prisoners have arrived at Fort Schuyler and that a few others may be expected shortly who will be in want of some provisions to help them down the Country. I must request the favour of you before you leave Albany, to ascertain more particularly the number of Prisoners and Indians that are expected at Fort Schuyler and if you should deem it necessary, send off an adequate supply from thence for their use, the transportation whereof I will replace on your return to this City - Mr Calbrath having performed the issuing Business for the Prisoners and Indians who have hitherto arrived there, I think you had better write him on the subject and desire a continuance thereof from the supplies which you shall forward to that Post.
I am Sir
with great regard
Your very obed Servant
Jos. Carlton
Lt Colonel Fish
Lieutenant Colonel Fish
at
Albany
War Office
War Office October 7th : 1785
Sir
I am informed by Mr Calbrath that two Prisoners have arrived at Fort Schuyler and that a few others may be expected shortly who will be in want of some provisions to help them down the Country. I must request the favour of you before you leave Albany, to ascertain more particularly the number of Prisoners and Indians that are expected at Fort Schuyler and if you should deem it necessary, send off an adequate supply from thence for their use, the transportation whereof I will replace on your return to this City - Mr Calbrath having performed the issuing Business for the Prisoners and Indians who have hitherto arrived there, I think you had better write him on the subject and desire a continuance thereof from the supplies which you shall forward to that Post.
I am Sir
with great regard
Your very obed Servant
Jos. Carlton
Lt Colonel Fish
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | DCB19 (2 pages) | Collection: Jonathan Cass Papers | V: 2 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | WEB17 (0 pages) | Collection: Typed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Nicholas Fish Papers, mm79-05217. Letterbook: 'Copies of Military Correspondence of Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Fish, 1785-1786,' [typed transcripts]. | P: 99 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Joseph Carleton | War Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Nicholas Fish | [unknown] | [n/a] |