Report from St. Clair about Failure to Achieve Peace with the Wabash; Seeks Militia
Document 1790Report from Governor St. Clair of failure to produce peace with the Wabash. Requests permission for authority to raise militias for protection based on orders from the President.
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Danville, July 8. 1790.
Sir: I have, this day, received a letter from Governor StClair, dated the 5th inst "at the Rapids of Ohio" he says, "that the expectations of peace which I much wished, cannot be realized with the people on the Wabash, [strikethrough: and] in consequence I have come here sooner than I otherwise [strikethrough: should] have done, to prepare for operating against them." He has requested me to apprize the field of the district, that he shall call for proportions of the Militia they are to furnish, in consequence of the orders he has received from the President.
I am &c.
Harry Innes.
To General Knox, Secy at War.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Report from Governor St. Clair of failure to produce peace with the Wabash. Requests permission for authority to raise militias for protection based on orders from the President.
Date
07/08/1790
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Danville
Collection
Document number
1790070840001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Harry Innes
Arthur St. Clair
Wabash Indians
Militia
George Washington
Governor St. Clair
President Washington
Notable locations
Ohio River
Danville
Rapids of the Ohio
Notable items
peace
Indian relations