Lord Dorchester's Letter
Document 1791Hamilton transmits to Knox a copy of a speech of Lord Dorchester in which Dorchester allegedly refuses to provide military support to the Indians but offers to mediate a peace agreement between the Indians and the United States.
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Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Hamilton transmits to Knox a copy of a speech of Lord Dorchester in which Dorchester allegedly refuses to provide military support to the Indians but offers to mediate a peace agreement between the Indians and the United States.
Date
10/03/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1791100340000
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Alexander Hamilton
Lieutenant Colonel Beckwith
Lord Dorchester
deputies of certain Indian tribes
officer in the western country
Notable locations
Philadelphia
western country
Notable items
copy of a paper purporting to be a speech of Lord Dorchester
information of the executive government
reliance on the candor of all
promulgation of it in the papers