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Directions Regarding Monies for Payment of Invalids
05/24/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Received directions regarding monies for payment of invalids and the drafts that may be drawn. Also received directions regarding seizures: a due account of which will be forwarded.
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Court of Spain accedes to right of navigation on Mississippi
09/21/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Through Dr. Craigie and Mr. Daniel Parker, Hamilton reports that Mr. De Miranda has conversed with the Marquis Del Campo, Spanish Minister to Great Britain, that the Court of Spain has acceded to the …
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Copy of letter forwarded to Lieutenant of Washington County Pennsylvania regarding protection of frontier from Indians
04/15/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Transmits a copy of letter forwarded to Lieutenant of Washington County Pennsylvania. Discusses plans for protection of frontier, but the means has not been decided upon by congress.
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Contract for Army Rations
10/28/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
"Alexander Hamilton for and in behalf of the United States of America, and . . . Theodosius Fowler, a New York merchant, have mutually covenanted and agreed that Fowler shall supply and issue as many …
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Colonel McGillivray and principal chiefs of Creek Nations, passing through Philadelphia
07/03/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Colonel Alexander McGillivray and principal chiefs of Creek Nations, are to be passing through Philadelphia on their way to New York. President Washington desires that they experience every proper …
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An Estimate of the Expense of Troops for an Expedition Against the Wabash
08/23/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
An estimate of the expense of employing, for three months, one thousand seven hundred militia, and four hundred continental troops, in an expedition against the Wabash Indians--two hundred of the …
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Additional Estimate of Monies Required For The Services Of The Present Year.
08/06/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Requested sums include payment of civil and military establishment; judicial department; Government of Territory of United States South of Ohio; Department of War; Frederick William Steuben; Quarter …
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Account of registers
09/29/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Transmits account of registers respecting Army accounts and accounts of Five great departments. Has employed bookbinders to prepare necessary books.
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Account of payments to invalid veterans
05/10/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Whipple, Collector of Customs at Portsmouth New Hampshire, states that New Hampshire has paid several of those invalids from 31 July 1789 but that additional money is requisite to discharge the first …
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[An estimate of the expenses of scouts and rangers, for the protection of the frontiers lying along the Ohio, the Cumberland settlements, and the settlements upon and between the forks of Holston and French Broad rivers, for the year 1791]
1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
An estimate of the expenses of scouts and rangers, for the protection of the frontiers lying along the Ohio, the Cumberland settlements, and the settlements upon and between the forks of Holston and …
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[A general estimate of the expenses which would be incurred by an expedition against the Wabash Indians. . .]
1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
A general estimate of the expenses which would be incurred by an expedition against the Wabash Indians, calculated upon a scale of twelve hundred regulars and twelve hundred levies. The period of the …
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Words of encouragement in aftermath of St. Clair's defeat
12/23/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox consoles St. Clair on his defeat by the Indians, telling the general that his reputation will not be damaged by being overwhelmed by a superior force.
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Wilkinson's Success at L'Anguille
08/23/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
General St. Clair reports that General Wilkinson has been completely successful during his engagement against the Indians at L'Anguille and has destroyed a Kickapoo village of thirty-two houses.
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We Are Neither on One Side or the Other
05/21/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
The Young King stakes out a position of neutrality between the British and the Americans and intends to send representatives to the treaty at Painted Post where the American will try to reach a …
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Washington Should Hold Back His Warriors
05/14/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Farmer Brother entreats the Americans to distinguish between those Indians, like the Six Nations, who want peace and the bad Indians who want war. If the Americans will delay their attacks, he pledges …
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Warning Citizens of Imminent Danger from Indian Attacks
12/29/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox tells the militia lieutenants of three Pennsylvania counties to recruit scouts whose purpose will be to warn citizens of imminent danger from Indian attacks; also he specifies how much these …
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Unsuccessful Negotiations with the Northwest Indians
12/26/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox's report to President Washington regarding attempts to reach a peace agreement with the northwest Indians and, having failed to reach an such an agreement, the preparations for the campaign …
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Unlawful Augmentation of Force
07/21/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox reminds the Governor of the changes that constitute an unlawful augmentation of force on either a belligerent vessel or a neutral vessel. Any unlawful augmentation must be dismantled.
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Two Battalions of Levies from Maryland & Virginia
04/05/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox provides detailed instructions for raising two battalions of levies from Maryland and Virginia.
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Troops Should Immediately Descend the Ohio
07/07/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox reports on the progress of the levies and notes that a corps of volunteers from Kentucky can join the expedition if they are needed. He also reports on the availability of rations, clothing, and …
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Troops Marching to Fort Washington
09/22/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox acknowledges receipt of two of St. Clair's letters and informs of several troop movements toward Fort Washington.
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Troops Detained on the Upper Parts of the Ohio
08/25/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox complains that if the troops are unable to descend the Ohio because of a want of boats and provisions, the reposibility for the delay is Hodgdon's.
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Troops & Supplies for the Expedition
06/30/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox reports on the progress of sundry battalions and the availability of supplies, equipage, and provisions for the expedition against the Western Indians.
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The Western Country Will Swarm, Etc.
04/22/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Howell reports on a number of accounting matters dealing with arrearages, bounties, and the shortage of gold. The recruiting effort seems successful in a number of states and levies are so plentiful …
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The Proceedings Should be Closed
09/22/1791 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
General St. Clair informs Warren that evidence from Kentucky will probably not come forward so the evidence before the court is complete and the proceedings should be closed.
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