"Articles & Necessaries" for the Army
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
"Articles & Necessaries" for the Army
Description
Wayne sends Knox a long list of "articles & necessaries" that he requires. Clothing, muster rolls, powder sieves, and Baron Steuben's Blue Book are among the items requested.
year created
1792
month created
09
day created
13
author
sent from location
Pittsburgh
recipient
in microfilm
in publication
in image
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Anthony Wayne
Fifty deserters
Four Sub Legions
the Contractors
Asheton's Detachment
Lieut. Daniel Britt
Paymaster General
Baron Steuben
notable location
Pittsburgh
notable item/thing
variety of articles and necessaries immediately wanted
tattered shirt & overalls
prisons
casualties
ten suits to a company or forty to a Battalion
surplus of clothing allowed by law
condemned clothing
copies of the muster rolls
standards, Battalion, & Camp Colors
uniform caps
powder sieves a degree finer than common
howitzers
the charge of powder
a redundancy of shells & Canister shot
Baron Steuben's bluebook
rules of Articles of War
notable phrase
some of the old officers are rather rusty, though conceited & refractory--however they will be made sensible of their error, or shall quit the service--they have either been too much indulged or forgot the service of the late war-I have comforted them by an assurance that it will not be lessened, but rather increased
document number
1792091353555
page start
88
number of pages
3
