Allocation of Money, Dispatches
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Allocation of Money, Dispatches
Description
Estimate for cost of horses by Quartermaster General enclosed. Block house to be build at mouth of Wheeling, requests information on hostile Indians near locations. Dispatches for General Wayne enclosed, orders fast and safe delivery.
short description
Allocation of Money, Dispatches
year created
1793
month created
06
day created
07
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Cited in Craig to Knox, 06/14/1793.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
Isaac Craig
Henry Knox
Anthony Wayne
Quartermaster General
Lieutenant Colonel Clarke
Indians
recruits
notable location
War Department
Wheeling
Wheeling River
block house
Virginia
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
notable item/thing
sum of money
estimate
blockhouse
wagons
stores
water level
storehouses
population
boats
articles
dispatches
sailing boat
box
tin case
lead
destroyed
document number
1793060714001
page start
1
transcription
No 108
War department
June 7th 1793
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 31 Ultimo A Sum of Money is preparing for the Quarter Master General agreeably to his estimate, in which the objects you mention must be comprehended. The Sum you mention shall be deducted from his estimate and transmitted you by the next post - to wit 5000 dollars
I have directed Lieutenant Colonel Clarke to erect a Block house at the Mouth of Wheeling. I request you to inform me whether there will be any danger from the Indians in sending Waggons and Stores directly to that place and whether there is not a sufficiency of Water below it for Navigation through the Summer. Please also to inform me whether there are any houses, at the Mouth of Wheeling and the amount of the population in that vicinity.
Let me always know from time to time when you send boats down the Ohio and the Articles on Troops with which they are ladening.
The
The dispatches for General Wayne herewith transmitted are of the highest importance for him to receive directly. You will have a fast sailing boat immediately provided - the letters must be put into a Box or Tin Case loaded with lead so that if the boat is in danger of being taken, the packet may be sunk; it must not be taken ^and if in danger thereof must be destroyed. I have written to Colonel Clarke for a party for this express boat. It must be well armed and well commanded.
The recruits are marching forward to Pittsburgh. The Indian treaty is postponed till 1st July
I am Sir Your humble servant,
H Knox
Secy of War
Major Isaac Craig
Pittsburgh
War department
June 7th 1793
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 31 Ultimo A Sum of Money is preparing for the Quarter Master General agreeably to his estimate, in which the objects you mention must be comprehended. The Sum you mention shall be deducted from his estimate and transmitted you by the next post - to wit 5000 dollars
I have directed Lieutenant Colonel Clarke to erect a Block house at the Mouth of Wheeling. I request you to inform me whether there will be any danger from the Indians in sending Waggons and Stores directly to that place and whether there is not a sufficiency of Water below it for Navigation through the Summer. Please also to inform me whether there are any houses, at the Mouth of Wheeling and the amount of the population in that vicinity.
Let me always know from time to time when you send boats down the Ohio and the Articles on Troops with which they are ladening.
The
The dispatches for General Wayne herewith transmitted are of the highest importance for him to receive directly. You will have a fast sailing boat immediately provided - the letters must be put into a Box or Tin Case loaded with lead so that if the boat is in danger of being taken, the packet may be sunk; it must not be taken ^and if in danger thereof must be destroyed. I have written to Colonel Clarke for a party for this express boat. It must be well armed and well commanded.
The recruits are marching forward to Pittsburgh. The Indian treaty is postponed till 1st July
I am Sir Your humble servant,
H Knox
Secy of War
Major Isaac Craig
Pittsburgh
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | IAI18 (3 pages) | Collection: James Robertson Papers | IA108 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Isaac Craig | [unknown] | [n/a] |