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- GLC#
- GLC02437.01283-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- November 4, 1781
- Author/Creator
- St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818
- Title
- Extracts from the Queries laid before a Board of General Officers by General S Clair for His Excellency Genl Washington.
- Place Written
- Yorktown, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Discusses the case of Captain Gerlach, deputy quartermaster of the Brunswick troops. Suggests that [Heinrich] Gerlach be required to provide an inventory for stores that were supposed to be shipped to the Convention Troops, and that he complete the transport. Continues that if it is revealed that British Commissary Hoakerly disposed of the goods at Yorktown, as alleged, the vessel and remaining goods should be forfeited. Clerical copy in the hand of St. Clair's aide de camp.
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