Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02750 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) Place Written: Newburgh, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 November 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 23.3 x 18.9 cm. Order a Copy
Informs Knox that a shipment of supplies has arrived and that others are expecting him to procure additional supplies to feed the riding horses, though this is not part of his duty. Asks Knox to clarify the matter and explains his delay in sending the boards. Noted as sent "On Public Service."
Newburgh Novr. 2. 1783.
D.r Sir,
To-day a scow load of forage, containing ten tons of hay, & upwards of [strikeout] four hundred bushels of corn in the ear, [insert: went to West Point.]
This supply is intended for the support of the waggon horses, which are & shall be employed there in hauling pickets & wood. It is not in my power to procure forage to supply the riding horses there; and I conceive the nature of the service at the Point does not now require that any riding horses be kept there, such as are necessary for your own use excepted. I pray you direct this matter accordingly. I have enjoined [sic] M.r Denniston to issue no forage to riding horses, but upon your express order.
I would have sent down the boards from this place - but could not hire any craft; & there is none public adequate to the business. I have written to M.r Denniston to send the pettianger & a batteaux for those [2] at Wappins creek; & in the mean time to send batteaux for those that are here.
I am, dear sir,
your most obed.t serv.t
T. Pickering Q.M.G.
Major General Knox
[address leaf]
On Public Service
The Honourable
Major General Knox
West-Point
[docket]
From Colonel Pickering
2 Nov. 1783
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