Revocation of Authorization to Use Scouts
Item
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Title
Revocation of Authorization to Use Scouts
Description
Henry Knox informs Arthur St. Clair that authority to call out scouts to protect the frontiers from possible Indian hostilities has been revoked by the government, in favor of the use of rangers.
year created
1790
month created
07
day created
20
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Bound in volume entitled "Defensive Protection of the Frontier."
notable person/group
Arthur St. Clair
Henry Knox
Lieutenant Ernest
Harry Innes
scouts
rangers
notable location
War Office
Washington County, Pennsylvania
Harrison County
Randolph County, Ohio
Monongahalia County
Kenhawa County
Wythe County
Russell County
Washington County, Virginia
Mason County
Bourbon County
Woodford County
Madison County
Lincoln County
Mercer County
Nelson County
Jefferson County, Kentucky
Ohio River
Western Territory
Wabash River
Fort Pitt
notable item/thing
pay
expenses
revocation
document number
1790072000003
page start
1
number of pages
2
transcription
(No 14)
Extract of a letter from the Secretary of War ______________ to Governor St. Clair, dated War-Office July 20th 1790. _________ per post.
The high pay of the Scouts, which on a sudden emergency were permitted, and there being no provision for their payment, the rangers being substituted in their place, and the general measures directed in my letter of the 7th of last month, are considered as sufficient reasons for revoking the authority for calling out, at the expence of the union, so expensive a species of troops as Said Scouts.
The enclosed circular letter, therefore has been written to the Lieutenants or commanding officers of the counties of Washington in Pennsylvania, and Harrison, Randolph, Ohio, Monongahalia, & Kenhawa in Virginia & Mason, Bourbon, Woodford, Madison, Lincoln, Mercer, Nelson & Jefferson in Kentucky.
And the governor of Virginia has a conditional authority delegated to him, respecting the counties of Wythe, Russel and Washington in Virginia.
The letters for the upper counties on the Ohio, have been forwarded by way of Fort Pitt
Fort Pitt under the direction of Lieutenant Ernest â the letters for Kentucky to Judge Innes"
Extracts of a letter from the Secretary of War, to the honorable Judge Innes, of Kentuckey dated 29th July 1790.
Sir
"I have the honor to acknowledge that on the 8th instant I received your favor of the 13th of May last, in which was enclosed a copy of your circular letter to the lieutenants or commanding officers of the counties of Mason, Bourbon, Woodford, Maddison, Lincoln, Mercer, Nelson, and Jefferson.
The measure of employing the Scouts at such an expence, was adopted, at a moment which was conceived to be urgent, and not admitting of delay; but it was intended only as a temporary expedient, until other arrangements could be taken.
The President of the United States, had it then in contemplation to take further steps
Extract of a letter from the Secretary of War ______________ to Governor St. Clair, dated War-Office July 20th 1790. _________ per post.
The high pay of the Scouts, which on a sudden emergency were permitted, and there being no provision for their payment, the rangers being substituted in their place, and the general measures directed in my letter of the 7th of last month, are considered as sufficient reasons for revoking the authority for calling out, at the expence of the union, so expensive a species of troops as Said Scouts.
The enclosed circular letter, therefore has been written to the Lieutenants or commanding officers of the counties of Washington in Pennsylvania, and Harrison, Randolph, Ohio, Monongahalia, & Kenhawa in Virginia & Mason, Bourbon, Woodford, Madison, Lincoln, Mercer, Nelson & Jefferson in Kentucky.
And the governor of Virginia has a conditional authority delegated to him, respecting the counties of Wythe, Russel and Washington in Virginia.
The letters for the upper counties on the Ohio, have been forwarded by way of Fort Pitt
Fort Pitt under the direction of Lieutenant Ernest â the letters for Kentucky to Judge Innes"
Extracts of a letter from the Secretary of War, to the honorable Judge Innes, of Kentuckey dated 29th July 1790.
Sir
"I have the honor to acknowledge that on the 8th instant I received your favor of the 13th of May last, in which was enclosed a copy of your circular letter to the lieutenants or commanding officers of the counties of Mason, Bourbon, Woodford, Maddison, Lincoln, Mercer, Nelson, and Jefferson.
The measure of employing the Scouts at such an expence, was adopted, at a moment which was conceived to be urgent, and not admitting of delay; but it was intended only as a temporary expedient, until other arrangements could be taken.
The President of the United States, had it then in contemplation to take further steps
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | IGA16 (2 pages) | Collection: Northwest Territory Collection, M367 | B:1, F;31 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Arthur St. Clair | [unknown] | [n/a] |