Report of Deserter Claiming to Have Been Captured By Indians & Escaped
Type
Recipient's Letterbook Copy
Title
Report of Deserter Claiming to Have Been Captured By Indians & Escaped
Description
An alleged deserter claims that he was captured by Indians and later released. If he appears in Pittsburgh, he is to be apprehended and sent to Fort Washington and on to Legion headquarters.
year created
1794
month created
10
day created
04
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Cited in Wayne to Knox, 10/04/1795.
Spans Images 13-14 in this collection.
Spans Images 13-14 in this collection.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
Anthony Wayne
John Stagg
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of War
the President
Mr. Newman
advanced party of the Army
Major Craig
notable location
War Department
Carlisle
Roche de Bout
Niagara
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Fort Washington
Headquarters of the Legion
Boston
notable item/thing
absence of the Secretary of War
duties of his office
newspapers
Mr. Newman's desertion
pecuniary assistance
twenty dollars were advanced him
stage for Carlisle
notable phrase
alleging that he [Mr. Newman] had been captured by three Indians on the first day of August as he was returning from an advanced party of the Army who were making a road to the main body and carried to Roche de Bout and from there to Niagara from whence he was permitted to return home
document number
1794100415055
page start
13
