Enclosed List of Sundry Articles, Indian Relations
Document 1793Enclosed list of sundry articles that must be purchase along with letter from Quartermaster General specifying the need to purchase items. Mentioned Seneca Indians at Niagara, desire for for treaty.
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Pittsburgh Feb[undecipherable]
I have Received your favor of the [undecipherable] together with dispatches for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Office at Head Quarters, which [I will forward?] at tomorrow —
I am [making?] my Application for a [supply?] of [undecipherable] Money, has been made Contrary to the Established System — I have herewith inclosed an Estimate of Sundry Articles, to be purchased at this Post, together with a Copy of a Letter from the Quarter Master General, which Instructs me to make a further purchase —
I dont know that the Quarter Master General has been Inattentive to the [undecipherable] of this Post [undecipherable] of the Money that I have Received, [undecipherable] Capt [undecipherable] forwarded to him [undecipherable] was intended to have Stopt here. But [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable: Note from a Letter of James O'Hara?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] from Philadelphia, but the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Seneca Indian[s] [undecipherable] [Deputies?] with [undecipherable] Letters from the [Commissioners?] a Copy of Which I have inclosed. [undecipherable] William [undecipherable] the Interpreter on their Way to Buffalo Creek, I have procured to [send?] [undecipherable] to the [Commissioners?] Thirty Eight thou= sand White Wampum which is the whole that can be found at Pittsburgh — The Senecas are [Anxious?] to have some of the Western Indians [undecipherable] them to the [Treaty?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [Seneca?] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] accompany them to the Treaty [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Chief?] [undecipherable] a [Deputy?] of [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] of Sunday [undecipherable] [undecipherable] with them as an Interpreter, from them [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [General?] after their Arrival, [undecipherable] wished to have [some token?] of my Gratitude to them on their Return Home — I have therefore taken the Liberty of giving them a few Articles, on [a list?] which together [in?] that of the Wampum, and a few [undecipherable] of Charge, against the [undecipherable] Department, [shall?] be [sent?] by Next Post —
Capt [Pain?], [still?] Wait for his Baggage, he is entirely out of Money.
I [think?] that the Commissioners, [undecipherable] wish to be will Supplied with Interpreters, and [undecipherable] there are to be [found?] in this Country [undecipherable] [undecipherable] General [undecipherable] [undecipherable] who [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Rather [depend?] upon him to attend the [Commissioners?] [undecipherable] Capacity of Interpreter, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of an Interpreter of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Accuracy?] [undecipherable]
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Isaac Craig
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed list of sundry articles that must be purchase along with letter from Quartermaster General specifying the need to purchase items. Mentioned Seneca Indians at Niagara, desire for for treaty.
Date
06/07/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1793060754001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Knox to Craig, 06/14/1793.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Isaac Craig
James O'Hara
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Ash
interpreters
commissioners
Wabash Indians
Wabash
Colonel Clarke
Captain Prior
General Gibson
Quartermaster General
Lieutenant Bond
Seneca
Joseph Nichols
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Headquarters
Philadelphia
Niagara
Buffalo Creek
Notable items
estimate
sundry articles
white wampum
baggage
money
post notes
treaty
horses
wampum

