Preventing Possible Breaches of the Truce

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Type

Recipient's Letterbook Copy

Description

Knox orders Wayne to withdraw any forces whose forward movements might be considered a breach of the truce with the northern Indians.

Date

07/20/1793

Recipient

Sent from

War Department

Document number

1793072013100

Page start

217

Note

Spans Images 217-218 of this collection.

Notable persons

Anthony Wayne
Henry Knox
Commissioners
President of the United States
President
troops

Notable locations

War Department
Niagara
Forts Hamilton, St. Clair, or Jefferson
Fort Hamilton
Fort St Clair
Fort Jefferson
Pittsburgh
on the Ohio in the vicinity of Fort Washington
Ohio River
Fort Washington

Notable items

express
movements
breach of the truce
truce
treaty
instantly withdraw
boat
former orders
orders given to you by the authority of the President of the United States
movements which could be construed as a breach of the truce
usual garrisons
posts
express boat from Pittsburgh