[Permission for Lewis Nicola to move lumber from Fishkill to West Point]

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 [Permission for Lewis Nicola to move lumber from Fishkill to West Point]

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GLC#
GLC02437.01643-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
5 October 1782
Author/Creator
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Title
[Permission for Lewis Nicola to move lumber from Fishkill to West Point]
Place Written
West Point, New York
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 25.6 cm, Width: 16.9 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Writes, "Col. [Lewis] Nicola, of the Invalids, is hereby authorized to take down & move from Fishkill such of the useless and unoccupied barracks at that place, as he shall judge necessary, for furnishing him with quarters at this post during the ensuing winter. By order of Gen. [Henry] Knox." Nicola was needed at West Point but could not go until a house big enough for his large "family" was built; though the house was promised, lack of materials and manpower stalled construction until Nicola suggested he bring lumber from Fishkill (see GLC02437.01639).

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