St.Clair provides details of campaign to Knox
Item
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Title
St.Clair provides details of campaign to Knox
Description
Letter, describes St. Clair's campaign progress.
short description
Ltr, des St. Clair's campaign progress.
year created
1791
month created
11
day created
01
author
sent from location
Camp, 81 miles of Fort Washington
recipient
in collection
in publication
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Arthur St. Clair
Gen. Wilkinson
Gen. Scott
Innes
Brown
Major Hamtramck
Benham
Capt. Sparks
General Butler
Pyamingo
Colonel Darke
Hodgdon
Ellis
notable location
Camp, 81 miles of Fort Washington
Virginia
Fort Jefferson
Kentucky
notable item/thing
name of the President
enclosed my communications with the old and new contractors
return and join the army
friendly fit of the gout come to relieve me from every other complaint
four good riflemen
scout
succeed in taking prisoners and scalps
tents
provision made by the quarter master
indian road
plunder the convoys which were upon the road
First Regiment in pursuit
pyamingo arrived in camp with his warriors
considerable dissatisfaction among the levies
clothing
openly complained of by the officers
some of high rank
sending forward a quantity of woolen overalls and socks
orders for inlisting the levies with the condition of serving out their time in the present corps
officers
party of militia sent to reconnoiter fell in with five indians and suffered them to slip through their fingers
articles to the value of twenty two dollars were found and divided
Viginia battalion is melting down very fast notwithstanding the promises of the men
army has halted
indian path serving to conduct us
encamped in good ground
rivulet
very large prairie
proper season afford forage for a thousand horses
very hard rains
obliged to halt today on account of provisions
soldiers
expectation of provisions arriving
bear to march in advance
received a letter
sixty militia from Kentucky joined the army and brought up a quantity of flour and beef
men taken in the act of deserting to the enemy adn one for shootng another soldier and threatening to kill an officer were hanged upon the grand parade
changed to a gout in the left arm and hand leaving the breast and stomach perfectly relieved
honor to write to you
so unwell (and have been so for some time past) that I could ill detail it
space of time has been entirely barren of incidents
document number
1791110140101
page start
1
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (11 pages) | AKD17 (11 pages) | Collection: Henry Knox Papers. [microfilm] | R: 29, P: 91 |
| [view document] (5 pages) | AKE05 (5 pages) | Collection: Henry Knox Papers. [microfilm] | R: 29, P: 91 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: American State Papers, Indian Aff | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The St. Clair Papers | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Arthur St. Clair | Camp, 81 miles of Fort Washington | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |