Report from Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Harmar to Jonathan Dickinson on status of troops, equipment and fort, and relations with Indians
Document 1785Lt.Col Josiah Harmar reports to President John Dickinson on his utilization of Pennsylvania Troops at Fort McIntosh as well as the Indian reaction to the recently commenced United States treaty with Great Britain. Reports that Indians look to lands as their own, whereas Commissioners state that, having adhered to the King of Britain during Revolutionary War, Indians are a conquered people.
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Lt.Col Josiah Harmar reports to President John Dickinson on his utilization of Pennsylvania Troops at Fort McIntosh as well as the Indian reaction to the recently commenced United States treaty with Great Britain. Reports that Indians look to lands as their own, whereas Commissioners state that, having adhered to the King of Britain during Revolutionary War, Indians are a conquered people.
Date
01/15/1785
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort McIntosh
Collection
Document number
1785011515400
Notable persons
John Dickinson
Josiah Harmar
Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Harmar
President John Dickenson
Pennsylvania troops
chiefs of the Wyondots, Chippaways, Delawares, and Ottoways
the United States
Continental Commissioners
the King of Great Britain
conquered people
State Commissioners
Wyondot and Delaware Nations
1st American Regiment
the Council fire
Notable locations
Fort McIntosh
Fort McIntosh
United States
the Council fire
the lands which the United States held by treaty with Great Britain
Wyondot and Delaware Nations
Notable items
The rooms and stores of Fort McIntosh
troop clothing
Indians and land ownership
Indians as conquered people