Supply of Troops and Indian Policy

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Type

Printed Document

Description

Enclosed copy of letter to Lord Dorchester at Quebec, requests that Pickering forward the letter immediately. Mentioned "nefarious measures" Father E. Burke and Col. McKee are taking to excite Indians to violence against U.S. Discussed new terms of reenlistment and enlistment to boost retention/enlistment among able bodied men. Discussed contractor compliance with orders for supplying troops.

Date

04/07/1795

Sent from

Greene Ville

Collection

Document number

1795040753500

Notable persons

Timothy Pickering
Anthony Wayne
Lord Dorchester
British
McKee
colonel
father
Edmund Burke
Hamtramck
caitiffs
Pasteur
commandant
garrison
Kirkpatrick
Scott & Ernest
contractor
merchant
Indians

Notable locations

Greene Ville
Greenville
Quebec
Great Britain
Canada
Fort Knox
frontier
territory
Atlantic states
Sandusky

Notable items

flour
rations
supplies
provisions
returns