Transporting Clothing and Medicine to Fort Pitt

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Transporting Clothing and Medicine to Fort Pitt

Description

Knox explains the means by which 49 cases of clothing and two cases of medicine will be transported to Fort Pitt by way of Baltimore.

year created

1798

month created

10

day created

20

author

sent from location

War Office

sent to location

Baltimore

in image

recipient note

Samuel Smith; John Smith.

notable person/group

Samuel & John Smith, Merchants
Henry Knox
Elliot & Williams
Simeon White, Master
a careful conductor
Lieutenant Ernest

notable location

Baltimore
War Office
Fort Pitt
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

price of transportation
Schooner "Sincerity': 49 cases of clothing
price of the freight
good covered wagons
800 suits
conveyance
two cases of medicine
the Philadelphia price
inducement
arrival of the clothing
injury of the weather
receipt

document number

1798102000101

page start

1

number of pages

4

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (4 pages) EVA04 (4 pages) Collection: Updike/Arnold Autograph Collection [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox War Office [n/a]
Recipient Samuel & John Smith Baltimore [n/a]