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Letter from the Governor of Virginia; request for information on the Indian Wars
Refers to letter from Lieutenant Governor of Virginia; asks for execution of payment of specified demands. Lee then asks for information on Indian Wars in order to make preparations, to include the …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Knox's Letter to the Western Indians
Knox says he has heard the voices of the Sachems, Chiefs, and Warriors and received their messages through the Six Nations. The President of the United States embraces their proposal and will send …
Superintendent General's Office, 1791-1828Knox discusses school for education of Indian children
Letter, directs support establishing school.
Henry O'Reilly CollectionInterposition of the General Government in an Incident Occurring Within a State
Knox discusses the circumstances in which the general government would intervene in a military situation occurring within a state's borders.
RG 1300 Executive PapersInterposing in Cases of Hostility
Secretary Knox discusses a case in which an armed vessel of one of the powers engaged in the present war captured a ship in the Bay of Delaware that was therefore under the protection of the United …
Josiah Bartlett CollectionInstructions to Indian Agent Israel Chapin
Knox directs Chapin to proceed to Canandaque [Canadaigua], by way of New York and Albany. He is to take with him the Farmer's Brother and other Seneca Indians who arrived in Philadelphia with Jasper …
Henry O'Reilly CollectionInstructions from Henry Knox Secretary of War
Temporary appointment of Henley as agent of U.S. to territory Southwest of Ohio River. Details of duties.
David Henley PapersInstructions for Armed Enforcement of U.S. Harbors' Neutrality Among Warring Europeans
Informs Huntington that a recent case which required "the interposition of the general Government" took place, and seeks to lay out principles governing similar cases which might occur. In the case …
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. PapersInstructions and Stores
Encloses returns of clothing for frontier. No more stores to be sent to Georgia.
Gilder Lehrman Collection.Infantry Clothing to Lancaster
"Will you please to have transported to Lancaster addressed to Lieut. Robert Thompson three Sergeants, three Corporals, and fifteen privates suits of infantry clothing."
U.S. War Department PapersHostile Incursions of White Inhabitants
Knox warns that any hostile white incursions onto Indian lands north of the Ohio River must be prohibited as they would endanger the proposed treaty negotiations with the hostile Indians.
The Isaac Shelby PapersHelping My Brothers, the Americans
Wayne had promised Big Tree that when he marched against the hostile Indians Big Tree would accompany him. Since the United States is seeking peace with the hostile Nations, Big Tree will join the Six …
Simon Gratz Autograph Collection.Government to Pay for Expenses of Returning Confiscated Ship & of Connecticut Militia
Responds to a request for procedure regarding the return of a captured Brig, Nancy, to her owners, after being confiscated by two illicit privateers, Petite Democrat and Caramagnole. Knox says that …
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. PapersFurther Explanation of Federal Policy on the Return of Ships Captured by Illicit French Privateers; Regarding Funds for Connecticut Militia
Knox further explains the president's decision that American shipowners seeking to have remanded to them ships captured by the "illicit" French privateers [those outfitted in American ports, to the …
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. PapersFrench Privateers Are Ordered to Depart
The French privateers should be ordered to depart. If they refuse, Govenor Clayton should find the means to enforce this order.
RG 1300 Executive PapersFailure to Secure Peace With Northwest Indians; Discussion of Militia
Informs Wayne that the Indian commissioners have failed to establish peace with the Indians north of the Ohio. Describes the commissioners' travels to safety, and lists the tries most disposed for …
Joseph Brandt PapersFailure to Mount Additional Guns
Knox deems it indefensible that that the additional post-holes made to the ship "Jane" are effectively closed and that the four new gun-carriages and any new guns which she may have in addition to …
W. M. Hornor CollectionEuropean Privateers Outfitted in America to Be Barred from Ports; List of Known Offending Ships
Notes that the federal government has tried in vain to outlaw the practice of European nations outfitting privateers in American ports, and passes down a firmer strategy to preserve American …
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. PapersDistance Provisionally Fixed as the Limit of the Protection of the United States
Knox establishes the distance of one league from the coast as the limit of the protection of the United States from foreign belligerents interfering with neutral vessels.
RG 1300 Executive PapersCharges for Apprehending Deserters, Etc.
Enclosed is an abstract of warrants and charges against sundry officers in continuation. Also included are charges for apprehending deserters which have been transmitted by direction of Joseph Howell.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)Captured French Privateers to Receive Trial
Alludes to Genet Affair; discusses policy toward interposition; discusses policy re French privateers.
Charles Roberts Autograph CollectionCapture of the Brig "Nancy"
Jefferson is asked to inform the British minister that two French privateers have captured the brig "Nancy" of Jamaica and taken her to New London. The Governor of Connecticut has captured this brig …
Thomas Jefferson Papers
