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Craig, Isaac, 1742-1826 [Return of Ordnance Stores at Fort Pitt and Fort McIntosh]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10018 Author/Creator: Craig, Isaac, 1742-1826 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 18 January 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 16.8 x 240 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by I. Craig, Captain of Artillery to Henry Knox, Brigadier General of Artillery. Lists stores of shells, powder, cartridges, muskets, rifles, swords, etc. Fort Pitt was the site of present day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fort McIntosh became the town of Beaver, Pennsylvania. Document is one long narrow sheet folded six times.

Craig, Isaac, 1742-1826
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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