Update on Supply and Location of Troops
Item
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Title
Update on Supply and Location of Troops
Description
Knox tells St. Clair of the many preparations regarding provisioning and troop movements that are being made in anticipation of the approaching campaign against the western Indians.
year created
1791
month created
08
day created
04
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in publication
in image
note
Cited in Knox to St. Clair, 08/11/1791.
content note
American State Papers, Military Affairs
This is a print version of document no. 1791080400000 (as shown in DEI.)
This is a print version of document no. 1791080400000 (as shown in DEI.)
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
Arthur St. Clair
Henry Knox
Brigadier General Scott
Lieutenant Belli
Indians
General Sevier
Captain Newman
Captain Buell
regulars
recruits from the levies
Major Ferguson's convoy
quartermaster's department
contractor's agent
Major General Butler
Brandt
western Indians: Indians at Buffalo Creek
Colonel Pickering
Lord Dorchester
Sir John Johnson
Five Nations
Six Nations
Captain Hendricks
Big Tree
President of the United States
notable location
War Department
Kentucky
Brunswick
New England
Fort Pitt
upper counties of the Ohio
frontiers
parts of the Ohio below the Kenhawa
Miami town
Buffalo Creek
O'Beel's town
notable item/thing
success of his expedition
peace
destruction
money for all objects
additional force to be required
additional numbers from Kentucky
detachments from New England
powder and lead
five and a half inch shells and shot
each piece of artillery
provisional agreement
pack horses
provisions for the army
posts of communication
supplies
baggage
defensive protection of the upper counties of the Ohio
spirit of desertion
rules and articles of war
Colonel Pickering's treaty
British policy
Indian hostilities
treaty
notable phrase
The President of the United States still continues anxious that you should, at the earliest moment, commence your operations.
document number
1791080400001
page start
1
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (6 pages) | GAD19 (6 pages) | Collection: Archive Reports 1891 | Q Vol 58-1, P: 132 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: American State Papers, Mil. Affrs | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Arthur St. Clair | [unknown] | [n/a] |