Correspondence with Walter Livingston, Robert Benson, Andrew Huntington, Joshua Huntington and others, 1776 June 14-30
Correspondence include discussion of the acquisition of flour and food for Continental Army troops at Fort Constitution (near Albany,NY), and... Show moreCorrespondence include discussion of the acquisition of flour and food for Continental Army troops at Fort Constitution (near Albany,NY), and frequently express difficulties army commanders face when attempting to purchase supplies such as shortages of cash, and merchants able or willing to supply them with beef or pork. Also contains extract from Provincial Congress of New York by Robert Benson relating how Long Island residents refuse to deliver salted pork from their cellars and stores to be requisitioned by the Continental Army, and stating that merchants must agree to make their salted pork available. Show less