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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01552 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0045] August 1782 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Benjamin Tupper on preparing barracks for troops |
| Date | 30 August 1782 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Tupper, Benjamin |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Writes, "His Excellency the Commander in chief has informed me (the Quarter Master having represented to him the scarcity of tents) that your regiment must go into barracks on the point. You will therefore select the twenty best in repair, and put your regiment into them, and place your officers in the most contiguous buildings." Informs Tupper about that laborers encamped at the point might have "stripped the barracks of boards and other appendages," and has asked Colonel [John] Crane to work with Tupper on stopping them (see GLC02437.01550 for more information). Also mentions that he will arrive at West Point that afternoon or the next morning. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Military Camp Military Supplies President Continental Army Building Construction West Point (US Military Academy) |
| People | Tupper, Benjamin (1738-1792) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | New Windsor, New York |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from Henry Knox to John Crane on the theft of supplies |