Supplies for two companies
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Supplies for two companies
Description
Knox informs Colonel Olney that he has directed clothing to be shipped from New York via Providence, Rhode Island, for two companies - one at Boston, and the other at Exeter, New Hampshire. Requests that Mr. Tillinghast, the contractor, be paid the freight from New York to Providence, and to forward them instantly to Boston, addressed to Stephen Bruce, merchant in Boston. Requests that Olney urge Lieutenant Sherman and his ensign to great exertions in the recruiting service, as the clothing and money are both now in their possession.
year created
1791
month created
04
day created
25
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Cited in Olney to Knox, 05/05/1791, and Olney to Knox, 05/15/1791.
notable person/group
Jeremiah Olney
Henry Knox
Lieutenant Sherman
Perigrine Foster
Captain Sayles
Stephen Bruce
Tillinghast
notable location
War Department
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Boston
Exeter, New Hampshire
New York
Providence
notable item/thing
pray you to urge Mr. Sherman and his ensign to great exertions in the recruiting service
clothing and money are both now in their possession
flatter myself they will obtain their recruits in a short space of time
many old officers who would be glad of it
if a proper character should not offer soon one of them must be appointed
pretty certain that Lieut. Sherman will answer for the company
seemed to have half consented to take the company, but by his letter of the 14th on the whole he seems to decline it and recommends a Perigrine Foster whom I do not know
thank you for your favor
contractor to pay the freight
forward them instantly
merchant of that place
directed clothing to be shipped from New York via Providence to two companies
document number
1791042500001
page start
1
number of pages
3
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | AWD03 (3 pages) | Collection: Jeremiah Olney Papers | B:1777-1813, F:1791. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Jeremiah Olney | [unknown] | [n/a] |