Further Instructions Regarding Possible Spies
Document 1796Cited in Wayne to McHenry, 10/28/1796. Wayne provides further instructions for capturing the three enemy agents operating in the west (Thomas Powers, Victor de Collot and Joseph Warin), relating their known movements. He states that a supply of commissaries and ammunition has been ordered for the use of Pike's post. Pike is told to examine the boat minutely, in search of papers, which are to be read if found.
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Cited in Wayne to McHenry, 10/28/1796. Wayne provides further instructions for capturing the three enemy agents operating in the west (Thomas Powers, Victor de Collot and Joseph Warin), relating their known movements. He states that a supply of commissaries and ammunition has been ordered for the use of Pike's post. Pike is told to examine the boat minutely, in search of papers, which are to be read if found.
Date
10/12/1796
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Document number
1796101293299
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Digitized copy of document available from the Indiana Historical Society: http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/ONWT&CISOPTR=1573&REC=5'
Notable persons
Zebulon Pike
Anthony Wayne
Victor Collot
Captain Taylor
General Wilkinson
Notable locations
Ohio River
Kentucky
Fort Washington
Fort Massac
New Madrid
Port Vincennes
Pittsburgh
Greenville
Notable items
bacon
keel boat
ammunition
stores
powder
ammunition
papers
trunks