Request for escort to accompany survey of Miami Purchase
Document 1792Ludlow informed Hodgdon that he made application to the Commandant of troops at Fort Washington, conformable to instructions from Secretary of Treasury, for an escort to accompany him while on survey of lands from Miami Purchase, also known as Symmes Purchase, located in what is now Southwestern Ohio, along the Ohio River. The survey would be conducted with the aid of woodsmen who would act as spies and warn of approaching danger. Ludlow described terms of payment
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Letter Signed
Description
Ludlow informed Hodgdon that he made application to the Commandant of troops at Fort Washington, conformable to instructions from Secretary of Treasury, for an escort to accompany him while on survey of lands from Miami Purchase, also known as Symmes Purchase, located in what is now Southwestern Ohio, along the Ohio River. The survey would be conducted with the aid of woodsmen who would act as spies and warn of approaching danger. Ludlow described terms of payment
Date
01/04/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Washington
Document number
1792010480001
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1
Note
Partly illegible.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Israel Ludlow
John Cleves Symmes
surveyor
Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of Treasury
Miami
War Office
War Department
Notable locations
Fort Washington
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ohio
Philadelphia