Letter Signed

[No. 47] Dispatches for General Wayne

Directs boat in readiness to carry dispatches to General Wayne; asks for decision on offer of the position of Commissary General.

Ltr, dir boat for despatches for Wayne

1794

11

29

War Department

In 1828 Isaac Craig's son Neville B. Craig prepared a three-page list of extracts of his father's correspondence with the War Office. This document was one of those. The page containing the extract drawn from this document is attached as an "other copy."

Isaac Craig

Henry Knox

General Anthony Wayne

Commissary General

deputy

War Department

Ohio River

Fort Pitt, upper parts of the Ohio

Ohio River

dispatches

boat

acceptance

appointment

troops will be under the direction of the commanding general

anxious to hear whether you will accept

no time can be left in that business

must appoint a deputy

have a boat in readiness to descend the Ohio with dispatches for General Wayne

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Department of War
November 29. 1794
Sir,
I have received your favor of the 22 instant.
The troops will be under the direction of the commanding General--
I am anxious to hear whether you will accept of the Office of being Commissary General as no time can be lost on that business-- In case you accept you must appoint a Deputy for Fort Pitt and the upper parts of the Ohio.
Have a boat in readiness to descend the Ohio with dispatches for General Wayne.
I am
Sir
with esteem
your humble servant
H. Knox
Secy of War
Major Isaac Craig