Wayne Manuscripts
7 documents
Certification of Thomas Cushing as a Captain
Certification that Thomas Humphrey Cushing, Captain Lieutenant in the late Continental Army, is entitled to claim the rank of Captain in the Massachusetts line of that Army from October 12th 1782 …
Wayne ManuscriptsPromotion of Captain Cushing
This letter certifies that Lieutenant Thomas H. Cushing was promoted by the State of Massachusetts to the rank of Captain Lieutenant in the First Regiment of the Massachusetts line of the Continental …
Wayne ManuscriptsMassachusetts Line of 1780
Knox discusses the organization of the Massachusetts line in 1780.
Wayne ManuscriptsThe United States Require Peace!
Knox explains the foreign policy of the new government of the United States which is to avoid any involvement with the conflicting nations of Europe.
Wayne ManuscriptsGeorge Morgan's Speech to the Indians
Speech of George Morgan to the Delawares, Shawanese, and Cherokees at New Madrid in April 1789 in which he declares the peaceful intentions of the United States toward these tribes.
Wayne ManuscriptsExtinquishing the Indian Claims, Etc.
Knox discusses the troops that have been ordered to Georgia to maintain peace between the citizens of that State and the Indians on its western frontier. He enunciates the principle that only the …
Wayne ManuscriptsDefective Trunnions, Chiefs of the Six Nations, Etc.
Knox discusses the method of strengthening the defective trunnions of the howitzers and the Chiefs of the Six Nations who are in Philadelphia and will return without waiting for the Cornplanter.
Wayne Manuscripts
