Knox directs Sargent to assist the campaign

Item

Type

Autograph Letter of Undetermined Type

Title

Knox directs Sargent to assist the campaign

Description

Letter, discusses campaign at Fort Pitt.

short description

Ltr, dis campaign to establish peace.

year created

1791

month created

03

day created

24

author

sent from location

Philadlephia

recipient

in image

note

document written in the hand of Knox

notable person/group

Winthrop Sargent
Henry Knox
Major Gen. St. Clair

notable location

Philadlephia
Fort Pitt
[Philadelphia]

notable item/thing

roads are bad
inform you fully of the arrangements for the campaign
request that you would assist him
operations
persuaded be adequate to produce the desired effect
if they not be sufficient they must be made so
set out from this place for Fort Pitt
peace

document number

1791032400101

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) AKC06 (2 pages) Collection: Henry Knox Papers. [microfilm] V: 27, P: 176

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox Philadlephia [n/a]
Recipient Winthrop Sargent [unknown] [n/a]