Building Town and Appointment

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Building Town and Appointment

Description

Mounting of cannons on carriages is going forward, contracts for shell and shot have been made. Ten of the guns are already at Presque Isle. Col. Strong and his troops encamped on good ground working to build new town named Wilkinsonville, below Fort Massac. Delayed appointment of Sec. of War.

year created

1801

month created

02

day created

13

author

sent from location

Pittsburgh

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in collection

in image

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig
workmen
Quartermaster General
Strong
Read
troops
Secretary of War

notable location

Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Presque Isle
Presque'isle
mouth of the Ohio
Ohio
river
Fort Massac
frontier
territory
post
fort
Wilkinsonville
town

notable item/thing

cannon
gun
shell
shot
contract
carriage

notable idea/issue

mounting cannons
contracting work
construction
appointment

document number

1801021389001

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) IAW06 (2 pages) Collection: James Robertson Papers IIF014

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Isaac Craig Pittsburgh [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]