Carleton, Joseph, 1754-1812 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.03150-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
31 May 1785
Author/Creator
Carleton, Joseph, 1754-1812
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 19 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Carleton, acting Secretary at War, writes to Knox, recently elected Secretary at War. Relates that John Dickinson, President of Pennsylvania, informed him that Pennsylvania's quota of troops cannot be raised until the meeting of the General Assembly on 25 August 1785. Also reports that Matthew Griswold, Governor of Connecticut, forwarded the names of officers appointed to command Connecticut troops. Further discusses raising and providing clothing for troops. In a postscript notes that "the Commissioners for Indian Affairs will not be ready to move to the Southward before the middle of August at soonest."

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