Boundary Lines
Document 1796Problems defining boundary between U.S. and Cherokee land. No commissioners have been appointed to task. Boundary must be run immediately in order to maintain peace. Hopes the visit of Cherokee chiefs will not occur until November. Discusses sale of wood not being used immediately to build/repair frigates.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Problems defining boundary between U.S. and Cherokee land. No commissioners have been appointed to task. Boundary must be run immediately in order to maintain peace. Hopes the visit of Cherokee chiefs will not occur until November. Discusses sale of wood not being used immediately to build/repair frigates.
Date
07/18/1796
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1796071814001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Washington to McHenry, 07/22/1796, and Washington to McHenry, 07/18/1796.
Notable persons
George Washington
James McHenry
Cherokees
Indians
Indian Nation
commissioners
Senate
Cherokee Chiefs
Cutawba
Catawba
family
Secretary of the Treasury
Indian Tribes
agents
Superintendent of Indian Affairs
Dinsmore
Dinsmoor
Fox
Josiah Fox
Notable locations
Mount Vernon
frontier
boundary
seat of government
Southwestern Territory
Algiers
Algeria
Notable items
boundary line
appointed
convenient time
distinctly marked
visit
extract
commerce
regulate trade
regulation
frigate
timber
plank
perishable articles
wood
vessel
sold
act
expense
embezzled