News from Fort Wayne
Document 1796Major Hamtramck reports on current affairs at Fort Wayne, and adds that Major Henfrer is headed down the Wabash River to visit various Indian nations. Encloses returns of the garrison, and some wampum, to General Wilkinson.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Major Hamtramck reports on current affairs at Fort Wayne, and adds that Major Henfrer is headed down the Wabash River to visit various Indian nations. Encloses returns of the garrison, and some wampum, to General Wilkinson.
Date
02/24/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Wayne
Repository
Collection
Document number
1796022490001
Page start
1
Notable persons
James Wilkinson
John Francis Hamtramck
Henfrer
Indians
Notable locations
Fort Wayne
Wabash River
Notable items
wampum
speech
desertion
returns
garrison