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Document 1790Cited in Knox to Washington, 12/16/1790
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[Filed] Head Quarters Decr 6. 1794 Further particulars relating to Genl Waynes & Officers engagemt with the hostile Indians
No [undecipherable] Extract of a Letter from the Secretary at War to the President of the United States
I am directed by the Commanding genl duly to notify that as Lt Col Comdt Hamtramck having arriv'd at the Deposits at the Mouth of the Au Glaize & add to his Stock with all the Whiskey arising from the savings of the Garrison troops was order'd to [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] by order that Major [undecipherable] Adjutant General of the Sub Legn did in [undecipherable] or there abouts [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] refusing to be given at Capt [undecipherable] company [undecipherable] to [undecipherable]
General Orders
[undecipherable] the orders heretofore [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from that the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the frontier [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the commanding officers to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and the further [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to be [undecipherable] and all of
General Orders
Camp at the Miamis Village about 97 miles from Fort Washington Octr 9th 1794
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The [undecipherable] [undecipherable] calls upon the commanding offrs of [undecipherable] & Battalions not to be [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] mustering [undecipherable] for they will certainly [undecipherable] in danger of be [undecipherable]
The guards are not to be unnecessarily [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the field Officers of the Day to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] force 36
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] 46
[undecipherable] Rifle Men [undecipherable] [undecipherable] total [undecipherable] [undecipherable] are the nearest to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Col C [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in point of [undecipherable] with [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
General Orders
Camp at the Miami Village, Octr 11. 1794
The General is much [undecipherable] at the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
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**Note:** I want to be transparent that this document contains extremely challenging handwriting with significant fading and ink bleed-through, making large portions of the text very difficult to decipher. Many words I have marked as `[undecipherable]` may be partially legible to a specialist with access to higher-resolution images or familiarity with this specific clerk's hand. The structural elements (headings, dates, camp locations, and proper nouns like Hamtramck, Au Glaize, and the Miamis Village) are the most confidently transcribed portions. I would recommend cross-referencing this transcription against other copies of these General Orders that may survive in the Wayne Papers or related collections.
Type
Cited letter or document
Description
Cited in Knox to Washington, 12/16/1790
Date
10/11/1790
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1790101190099
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Knox to Washington, 12/16/1790
Notable persons
Josiah Harmar
Indians
Major Fontaine
Secretary of War
[Henry Knox]
Major Hamtramck
Lieutenant Denny
militia
Colonel Hardin
Lieutenant Colonel Trotter
battalion
riflemen
Billi
Quartermaster
Shawnee
Captain Strong
Caldwell
Major Wyllis
Major McMullin
Notable locations
Miami Village
Philadelphia
Fort Washington
Kentucky
Chillicothe
Ohio
Notable items
Camp
tribute
rifle
village
detachment
