Tenuous Situation of the Post at Detroit
Document 1797Major Rivardi provides an assessment of the situation at Detroit with the British, Spanish, and Indians all vying for influence as the American forces attempt to hold their ground while isolated from their leaders on the east coast.
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Extract of Letter
Description
Major Rivardi provides an assessment of the situation at Detroit with the British, Spanish, and Indians all vying for influence as the American forces attempt to hold their ground while isolated from their leaders on the east coast.
Date
06/28/1797
Author
Recipient
Repository
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Document number
1797062855001
Page start
1
Note
Extract of a letter sent to Pickering from Rivardi.
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
[John Jacob Ulrich] Rivardi
Britsh merchants
American citizens
emissaries from their mother country
imposter born in Canada
prisoner at the Illinois
Canadians
a British subject
Indians
their Fathers the French
Little Turtle
Notable locations
Detroit
settlements on the British shore
Mackinac
Fort Wayne
Notable items
evils which threatened our garrison
state of intoxication
small liquor shops
licenses issued by the magistrates
lines of our guards and sentries
proclamation
murmers and remonstrances
contempt for our government
our money
posts
false depositions
intentions of the Spaniards and French
regular forces
express
what passed in Congress
provisions
shores
false information