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Reports on the Recent Harmar Expedition

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Source	Name	Image(s)
Collection	Western Reserve Historical Society History Library: Alfred T. Goodman Papers
Collection	Printed Version only	(no image)
Publication	Lowrie, Walter and St. Clair Clarke, Matthew, eds. American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, Vol. IV, Indian Affairs. 38 Vols. Washington, DC: Gales and Seaton, 1832.	(no image)

Document Information
Date	December 14, 1790
Author Name	Henry Knox (primary) Location: War Department
Recipient Name	George Washington (primary)
Summary	Knox encloses reports from Lieutenant Ebenezer Denny, Governor St. Clair, and Brigadier General Harmar about the recent western expedition, which includes a list of killed and wounded. He references a separate expedition of federal troops under Majors Whitely and Hamtramck. Hamtrack destroyed Indian towns on the Wabash without opposition. Knox speaks highly of Lieutenant Denny.
Document Format	Autograph Letter Signed
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Related Persons/Groups	George Washington; Henry Knox; Lieutenant Ebenezer Denny; Governor Arthur St. Clair; Brigadier General Josiah Harmar; Major Whitely; John Hamtramck; Federal Troops; Militia; ;
Related Places	War Department; Fort Washington on the Ohio River; Kentucky; garrison at Post Vincennes; frontier; hostile Indian towns on the Wabash; ;
Keywords	dispatch; Indian relations; peace; war; hostilities; land rights; murder; late expedition; report of killed and wounded; ;
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Transcription [Note: Transcriptions are works in progress and maybe partial. Please help us correct any errors or omissions by signing up for a transcription account.]	War Department, December 14, 1790 Sir: Lieutenant Denny arrived last evening from Fort Washington, on the Ohio, charged with letters from General St. Clair and Brigadier General Harmar, copies of which I have the honor herewith to submit, and also extracts from the orders issued during the late expedition; also a return of the killed and wounded. Lieutenant Denny reports verbally, that after he left Fort Washington, he saw, in Kentucky, several men of the militia of that district, who had been out under Major Whitely, under Major Hamtramck, of the Federal troops, who commanded a separate expedition. The said militia-men informed Lieutenant Denny, that Major Hamtramck had destroyed several of the hostile Indian towns,on the Wabash, and had returned to his garrison, at Post Vincennes, without having met any opposition. I have the honor to be &c H. Knox Secretary of War The President of the United States.