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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04031 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0086] October-December 1788 |
| Title | William Knox to Henry Knox about the logistics of Pratt's expedition |
| Date | 12 November 1788 |
| Author | Knox, William (1756-1795) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document; Government document |
| Content Description | William, managing affairs at the War Office in Henry's absence, reports on military matters. Mentions Lieutenant [John] Pratt , [John] Stagg, Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth and others involved with the logistics of organizing Pratt's march to Fort Pitt. Discusses clothing, wagons, and horses readied for the march. Comments on Ensign Luce, who was to join Lieutenant Pratt on his march to Fort Pitt: "The only trouble was with Luce, who was arrested for debt by a variety of people at Brunswick where he has a pretty bad name... indeed he is a bad bargain to the U States." Discusses the daughter of St. John, who Knox was escorting from Jeremiah Wadsworth's (in Connecticut) to New York City (possibly a reference to Hector St. John de Crevecoeur). Remarks that he still has a swollen face, but Dr. Bailey will allow him to go out with a plaster on his cheek. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Government and Civics Military History Frontiers and Exploration Military Uniforms Military Supplies Clothing and Accessories Transportation Debt Finance Morality and Ethics Women's History Health and Medical |
| People | Knox, William (1756-1795) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) St. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector (1735-1813) Pratt, John (1753-1824) Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824) Stagg, John, Jr. (1758-1803) Burbeck, Henry (1754-1848) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Law; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |