Orders to Lieutenant John Pratt, 16 April 1788
Title | Orders to Lieutenant John Pratt, 16 April 1788 PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Knox |
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Release | 1788 |
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Orders Lt. John Pratt to return to Connecticut to fill state's quota of recruits, and to deliver the letter below to Gov. Huntington. You will be careful to recruit men of the best characters for the honesty and sobriety...well formed in his body and limbs - perfectly sound in his organs and health and sufficiently robust to bear the fatigues of the military life...Neither Negroes Molatoes or Indians are to be recruited. Authorizes a half a month's pay to each new recruit as well as shelter and fuel. Once 20 men were enlisted, they were to be sent on to West Point to be outfitted.
John Pratt to Henry Knox about His Impending Expedition, 24 October 1788
Title | John Pratt to Henry Knox about His Impending Expedition, 24 October 1788 PDF eBook |
Author | John Pratt |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1788 |
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Lieutenant Pratt discusses making preparations for his men to march to Fort Pitt (see GLC02437.04010). Complains at length that he will receive only one month's pay without subsistence, and that the Old Soldiers under his orders were not included in the estimate to pay his troops. Worries about marching so late in the season. Complains, there was no allowance made for moneys lost by Disertion...
John Pratt to Henry Knox about a Misdelivery of Rye Flour, 10 November 1788
Title | John Pratt to Henry Knox about a Misdelivery of Rye Flour, 10 November 1788 PDF eBook |
Author | John Pratt |
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Release | 1788 |
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Lieutenant Pratt certifies that George Dennison, Commissary at West Point, erroneously delivered a barrel of rye flour to the troops under Pratt's command.
Catalogues of Sales
Title | Catalogues of Sales PDF eBook |
Author | Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co |
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Pages | 84 |
Release | 1775 |
Genre | Art |
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The Collector
Title | The Collector PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Romeyn Benjamin |
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Pages | 16 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Autographs |
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March to Massacre
Title | March to Massacre PDF eBook |
Author | William H. Guthman |
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Pages | 296 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | History |
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Chronicles the first Federal Army's ill-equipped and ultimately disastrous efforts, between 1784 and 1791, to protect the two hundred forty-eight thousand square miles of the newly-acquired Northwest Territory.
Prominent Families of New York
Title | Prominent Families of New York PDF eBook |
Author | Lyman Horace Weeks |
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Pages | 64 |
Release | 1898 |
Genre | New York (N.Y.) |
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