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Reluctantly Accepting a Commission as Brigadier General
05/07/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
With reluctance, Israel Putnam informs Knox that he will accept his appointment as a brigadier general despite concerns regarding his advanced age, his health, and his family. He insists that the …
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Reimbursing the Cost of the Auxilliary Force
01/23/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Govenor Mifflin requests that Knox supply him with whatever is needed to establish a claim upon the United States for the cost of the auxillary force raised by the state to aid in the protection of …
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Reimbursement of the State Legislature
01/03/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Mifflin asks Knox how the Pennsylvania state legislature will be reimbursed by the General Government since the state has appropriated funds for the county militias who were called up to protect the …
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Recruiting for Defense of Frontiers
08/22/1792 Printed Document
Discussed recruiting techniques, and hostile Indians. Believed that the U.S. could not act offensively against Indians until next year at the earliest unless many recruits of fine men was completed. …
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Recommendations Regarding the Cherokees
01/17/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox reports to Washington on the visit of a delegation of Cherokees and his recommendations regarding their requests for the removal of white intruders upon their lands and additional compensation …
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Recent Ferment Has Subsided
06/25/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Although there have been some disturbances in the southwest , Knox is optimistic that the exertions of Governor Blount and the Cherokees and the proposed conference at Nasvhille will result in renewed …
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Rations at Fort Washington
1792 Letter Signed
Report titled "Short Sketch of the cost of a ration at Fort Washington" with a detailed list of provisions with their cost
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Putnam's Report on the Western Indians
07/08/1792 Typed Document
In a detailed report, General Putnam recommends that many of the western tribes can be rendered neutral by careful negotiation and presents and the hostile tribes can be intimidated by a large show of …
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Putnam's Receipt for Indian Goods
05/22/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
A receipt signed by General Putnam for the Indian goods he received.
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Punishing the Persons Guilty of this Base Act
04/21/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
William Blount describes for Knox various incidents on the frontier in which Indians have murdered innocent Americans and in which Americans fired at an innocent Indian. In response, he has called up …
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Punish Hostile Indians with Extreme Severity
04/28/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox expresses to General Israel Chapin the wish of the President for an accord with the western Indians. However, if every effort is made by the United States to pacify the Indians and depredations …
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Public Service Primary Concern
09/06/1792 Typed letter
Permission granted to attend to private matters only if recruiting efforts are maintained.
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Protection of Peace with Indians
08/21/1792 Typed letter
Due to the low state of river, all goods hauled by wagon which will increase cost and time of transportation. Man named Harden advertising for volunteers to help him strike against the Indians, …
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Protection of Frontiers
04/10/1792 Typed Document
Request for money to pay militia and spies employed to protect settlements from Indians. Enclosed copy of letter from Sargent to Wilkinson.
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Protecting the Creek Boundaries, Etc.
02/20/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox's detailed instructions to James Seagrove regarding the subversive actives of Williams Bowles and the necessity of establishing the boundaries negotiated with the Creeks in the Treaty of New …
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Protecting Citizens on the Frontier
03/20/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Governor William Blount provides Knox with information regarding the dispositions of the Southern Indians, and the causes of the hostilities of part of the Cherokees and Creeks and the steps he is …
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Prospects for Peace in the Northwest
05/15/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox informs Washington that the meeting with the Cherokees went well although the Indians complained about the behavior of the frontier settlers. So far, the prospects for peace in the northwest …
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Proposed Peace Conference with the Southern Indians
04/22/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
These are the detailed instructions of Knox to Governor Blount regarding the upcoming peace conference with the southern tribes.
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Proposal for Accounting for Recruiting Funds
05/28/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Hamilton explains to Knox his proposal for providing and accounting for the funds to the officers of the recruiting service.
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Proclamation of Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia
11/20/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
This is Governor Telfair's proclmation in which he declares that the murder of a friendly Indian is to be considered by the laws of Georgia the same as the murder of a white person and the offenders …
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Proceedings of Governor Blount and the Chickasaws & Choctaws
08/11/1792 Typed Document
A copy of speeches given by the headmen and warriors of the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations and Governor Blount regarding land disputes, boundary lines, and peace. Many maps and boundaries are …
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Problems with Cussetahs
10/15/1792 Printed Document
Intelligence that some "busy person" is trying to stop the Cussetah Indians from visiting Seagrove. Galphin exerting every effort to stop such proceedings. Indians sent to Providence displeased with …
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Probability of a Lasting Peace
11/22/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Although the Western Indians have stated that they wish to attend a council in the Spring, Chapin reveals that the British agent is skeptical that a lasting peace can be achieved under the present …
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Principles for Calling Up the Militia, Etc.
04/21/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox submits a draft to Washington of a letter to Governor William Blount in which principles are discussed regarding calling up the militia to protect the frontier and expressing the approval of the …
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Preventing Thievery of Cattle and Horses
06/14/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Seagrove informs Knox that he is trying to intervene with the Creeks to prevent thievery of cattle and horses that is the cause of considerable ire among the white settlers. He does not agree with …
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