Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01645 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 October 1782 Pagination: 2 p : docket ; Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 21.1 cm Order a Copy
Written by Colonel Pickering as Quartermaster General to Major General Knox. Reports that Major Cogswell will have 2 good teams sent today to haul the frame for the barrack at Constitution Island. Says 4 more teams will be added as soon as they arrive from the country with their forage. Says if the timber is hewed in the woods to sizes, Major Cogswell believes the 6 teams can haul the frames to the landings in 6 or 8 days. Hopes the enemy's movements will not interrupt the construction of accommodations for the troops. Says the "artificers" of Parsell's Company were to arrive yesterday at West Point and included 9 carpenters and wheelwrights. Says more on the way and that hospital tents will be sent off soon. Postscript asks about hired Masons;. Has asked the quartermaster at Morristown to inquire for terms on which he could engaged 6-12 if needed. Place written in simply marked "Camp."
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