[COPY] General Wilkinson's Expedition

Item

Type

Copy of Signed Document

Title

[COPY] General Wilkinson's Expedition

Description

Enclosed documents detail Gen. Wilkinson's troops progress. Enclosed muster rolls sent via James Parker. Innes and Brown hope that Knox will authorize immediate payment of the troops and send the money back with Parker. They also justify some of Wilkinson's expenses for the expedition.

year created

1791

month created

08

day created

30

author

secondary author

sent from location

Kentucky

recipient

sent to location

War Department

in image

notable person/group

Henry Knox
Charles Scott
John Brown
Harry Innes
General Arthur St Clair
mounted volunteers
General Wilkinson
Board
James Parker
Belli
paymaster
guides

notable location

War Department
Kentucky
Danville
Fort Washington
Ohio River
Lexington
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

command
appointed
march
enterprise
enclosed reports
muster rolls
payments
expedition
transporting of the money
pack horses
medicine
ammunition
tools

document number

1791083040001

page start

1

number of pages

3

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) In image WEG16 (3 pages) In source Collection: Harry Innes Papers, mm81027201 Location in source C:1, F:1791, p. 86-88

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Type Author Name Harry Innes Location Kentucky Notes [n/a]
Type Author Name Charles Scott Location [unknown] Notes [n/a]
Type Author Name John Brown Location [unknown] Notes [n/a]
Type Recipient Name Henry Knox Location War Department Notes [n/a]