Brandt's Mission of Peace, Etc.
Document 1791Knox reports on the status of sundry troops and supplies as well as the mission of Joseph Brandt to be establish peace between the Western Indians and the United States.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Knox reports on the status of sundry troops and supplies as well as the mission of Joseph Brandt to be establish peace between the Western Indians and the United States.
Date
06/16/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1791061600000
Note
Cited in Knox to St. Clair, 06/23/1791.
Notable persons
Arthur St. Clair
Henry Knox
Major General [Richard] Butler
troops which arrive at Fort Pitt
Captain Doyle
Captain Beatty
regulars
[Joseph] Brandt
hostile Indians
Girty and McGee
British officers at Niagara
Virginia battalion of levies
First Division of the Maryland battalion
eastern battaliion of Pennsylvania
Jersey battalion of levies
President [Washington]
Notable locations
War Department: Lancaster
New Brunswick
Winchester
Notable items
disposition of troops
returns
ordnance
military stores
medicines
hospital stores
goods for the Indian Department
peace between said Indians and the United States
desertions