Operations against Wabash Indians
Document 1790President Washington desires that operations against the Wabash be effectual. Authorizes more numbers of troops if required. Consents to mounting of 200 militia on horseback. Energy must be blended with economy. Discusses existing jealousies in the minds of the British officers in Canada. Keep them informed and assure of the pacific dispositions towards Great Britain. Has made an estimate for the object of the expedition and transmitted to Secretary of Treasury. Has written to Samuel Hodgdon regarding supplies from the commissary of military stores at Philadelphia.
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President Washington desires that operations against the Wabash be effectual. Authorizes more numbers of troops if required. Consents to mounting of 200 militia on horseback. Energy must be blended with economy. Discusses existing jealousies in the minds of the British officers in Canada. Keep them informed and assure of the pacific dispositions towards Great Britain. Has made an estimate for the object of the expedition and transmitted to Secretary of Treasury. Has written to Samuel Hodgdon regarding supplies from the commissary of military stores at Philadelphia.
Date
08/23/1790
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New York
Collection
Document number
1790082340000
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Arthur St. Clair
governor
Wabash
Indians
Indian Nation
hostiles
Samuel Hodgdon
British
officer
Secretary of the Treasury
continental troops
militia
Notable locations
New York
frontier
territory
Canada
Great Britain
Philadelphia
Fort Washington
Notable items
pay
subsistence
forage
horses
boats
ration