Instructions for the Sandusky Commissioners
Document 1793The President orders his cabinet members and the Attormey General to meet and decide on the specific instructions to be given to the Commissioners who will attend the treaty at the lower Sandusky. They should also decide whether the credentials of the Quakers who wish to attend the treaty are such that they can contribute to a successful outcome.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
The President orders his cabinet members and the Attormey General to meet and decide on the specific instructions to be given to the Commissioners who will attend the treaty at the lower Sandusky. They should also decide whether the credentials of the Quakers who wish to attend the treaty are such that they can contribute to a successful outcome.
Date
03/21/1793
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1793032140000
Notable persons
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury
Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State
Henry Knox, Secretary of War
Edmund Randolph, Attorney General
Six Nations
the Commissioners
Society of Quakers
Notable locations
Lower Sandusky of Lake Erie
War Office
Notable items
treaty
interest and peace of this country
our rights under the treaties
hostility
claims of others
compensation
the War
principal documents
pure motives
boundary
instructions to the Commissioners