Measures Necessary to Protect the Frontier
Document 1792It appears that Wayne's force will not be over 3500 men and stores, forage, and shelter will be provided accordingly. Wayne should take whatever measures are necessary to ensure that the frontiers are protected. The trial of Ensign Morgan should proceed forthwith. Eleven deserters have been punished. Etc.
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Recipient's Letterbook Copy
Description
It appears that Wayne's force will not be over 3500 men and stores, forage, and shelter will be provided accordingly. Wayne should take whatever measures are necessary to ensure that the frontiers are protected. The trial of Ensign Morgan should proceed forthwith. Eleven deserters have been punished. Etc.
Date
09/21/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1792092113055
Page start
83
Note
Cited in Wayne to Knox, 09/28/1792, and Knox to Mifflin, 09/21/1792.
Notable persons
Anthony Wayne
Henry Knox
Six nations
hostile Indians
Cornplanter's interpreter
five nations
Captain Hendricks & his brother
president of the United States
Quartermaster
paymaster
Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. Britt
Mr. Swan
County Lieutenant of Westmoreland
Governor Blount
Chickasaws & Choctaws
Ensign John Morgan
General St. Clair
Ensign Hyde
Lieutenant Melcher
Thomas Lewis
Alexander Gibson
Preston Lockwood
Captain Bowyer's detachment
Captain Pierce of the Artillery
Captain Eaton
eleven deserters
notorious villains
Sergeant Clark
Lieutenant Davidson
Lewis Piffer(?)
William Little
Asheton
first and second regiment
Colonel Proctor
Baron Steuben
George Clymer
Captain Faulkner
recruits
Notable locations
War Department
Miami Village
Westmoreland
Nashville
Pittsburgh
Vermont
Great Kenhawa
Fincastle County in Virginia
Point Pleasant
Fort Washington
Lancaster & Carlisle
Reading
Yorktown
frontier counties
Notable items
peace
fifty thousand bushels of dry corn
war
provisions
abundant magazines of provisions & forage
proper store houses
an Early and vigorous campaign
an additional quantity of twenty five thousand bushels
destination of your troops for the winter
materials to cover the troops
advanced posts of the line
battleground
hay
punctual payments
pay abstracts of the companies
patrols
reasonable protection to the inhabitants
a satisfactory conference at Nashville with the Chickasaws and Choctaws
Court Martial
trial of Ensign John Morgan
the office of Judge Advocate
great zeal for the military profession
dismounting of these men
implied breach of their Contract
remnants of cloth for mending the clothes, needles, and thread
Asheton's muster rolls
four excellent large standards
change of coloring so as to denote the sub-legions
batallion colors
camp colors
legionary Standard
representation of the bald Eagle
very fine powder sieves
the calibre of the small howitzer
specimens of fixed ammunition
shells of proper size
Baron Steuben's blue book
proper binding for the hats
elegant appearance of the troops
Circuit Court of the United States