Orders to Sail to New Brunswick

Item

Type

Contemporary Copy of Letter made from Author's Files

Title

Orders to Sail to New Brunswick

Description

Letter, directs Rodgers to move recruits to rendezvous at New Brunswick New Jersey. Travel by boat from Albany, then march.

short description

Ltr, dir recruits moved to rendezvous.

year created

1792

month created

06

day created

15

author

sent from location

War Department

in collection

in image

notable person/group

Jedediah Rogers
Henry Knox
Mr. Daniel Hale
Lieutenant Davidson.

notable location

War Department
Albany
New Brunswick, New Jersey.

notable item/thing

success in recruiting
embark all your recruits
vessel
clothed, mustered and inspected
pay
marching
rendezvous
officers of cavalry
mounting and equipping themselves
pay
subsistence
forage
cornet
salted provisions
passage
non commissioned
privates.

notable phrase

success in recruiting
embark all your recruits
vessel
clothed, mustered and inspected
pay
marching
rendezvous
officers of cavalry
mounting and equipping themselves
pay
subsistence
forage
cornet
salted provisions
passage
non commissioned
privates.

document number

1792061500001

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) AHC05 (2 pages) Collection: Cherry Hill Collection Box 12 F:2

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox War Department [n/a]
Recipient Captain Jedediah Rogers [unknown] [n/a]