Status of Indian Goods and Supplies
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Status of Indian Goods and Supplies
Description
Post rider and mail boat crew paid through the end of the year. Indian goods received and inspected, will be forwarded to Fort Washington. Enlisted dragoons do not have clothing, request for uniforms.
year created
1795
month created
04
day created
03
author
sent from location
Pittsburgh
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Timothy Pickering
Isaac Craig
Colonel Sproat
General Putnam
post rider
Post Master General
Colonel O'Hara
Colonel Butler
dragoons
infantry
sailor
Quartermaster General
notable location
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Merrietta
Merietta
Ohio river
Wheeling
Fort Washington
notable item/thing
Ohio mail boats
boat
mail
Indian goods
clothing
equipment
round jackets
trousers
trowsers
notable idea/issue
compensation
solution for Ohio mail
mail delivery
document number
1795040354001
page start
1
transcription
Pittsburg 3d April 1795
Sir
The post arriving at 8 Oclock in the Evening and halting but one hour I have only time to acknowledge the receipt of your two letters of the 25 Ultimo the one respecting charges for Repairs for the defence of Marietta & Claims of Colo Sproat for compensation to which I shall pay attention.
To General Putnams arrangment of the Ohio Mail Boats &c I shall also attend, the Post-Rider from this Post to Wheeling performs his duty with punctuality & I have no doubt of his continuance.
The Mail Boatmen & Post Rider are all paid for their Services up to the end of the year 1794 and some advances made to them on Acct of the first quarter of the present year, & to enable me to pay of their accounts I have to request you to direct the Post Master General, to remit me fifteen hundred or two thousand Dollars.
I have Inspected Colo O'Hara's Indian Goods & find them in good order, & have agreeable to your letter to him taken charge of them, & shall immediately ship them for Fort Washington.
Colo Butler has Inlisted a number of Dragoons for whom there is neither Cloathing nor Equipments at this Post, Infantry Cloathing is
also wanted, all the boats now on hand being for Riflemen, or Sailors round Jackets, & Trowsers of various colours,
The Qr. M. General setts of for Philadelphia tomorrow
I am with great respect Sir yo Ob Hble Servt
Isaac Craig
Honl
Timothy Pickering
Secy of War
Philadelphia
Sir
The post arriving at 8 Oclock in the Evening and halting but one hour I have only time to acknowledge the receipt of your two letters of the 25 Ultimo the one respecting charges for Repairs for the defence of Marietta & Claims of Colo Sproat for compensation to which I shall pay attention.
To General Putnams arrangment of the Ohio Mail Boats &c I shall also attend, the Post-Rider from this Post to Wheeling performs his duty with punctuality & I have no doubt of his continuance.
The Mail Boatmen & Post Rider are all paid for their Services up to the end of the year 1794 and some advances made to them on Acct of the first quarter of the present year, & to enable me to pay of their accounts I have to request you to direct the Post Master General, to remit me fifteen hundred or two thousand Dollars.
I have Inspected Colo O'Hara's Indian Goods & find them in good order, & have agreeable to your letter to him taken charge of them, & shall immediately ship them for Fort Washington.
Colo Butler has Inlisted a number of Dragoons for whom there is neither Cloathing nor Equipments at this Post, Infantry Cloathing is
also wanted, all the boats now on hand being for Riflemen, or Sailors round Jackets, & Trowsers of various colours,
The Qr. M. General setts of for Philadelphia tomorrow
I am with great respect Sir yo Ob Hble Servt
Isaac Craig
Honl
Timothy Pickering
Secy of War
Philadelphia
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | IAQ39 (2 pages) | Collection: James Robertson Papers | IIC078-79 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Isaac Craig | Pittsburgh | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Timothy Pickering | Philadelphia | [n/a] |