Report of the Secretary of War
Document 1797In his report to the President, McHenry encloses all of the correspondence relative to the disposition of the Indians on the western frontier and the correspondence with the Governor of Louisiana respecting the continued existence of Spanish posts on the eastern side of the Mississippi.
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Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Description
In his report to the President, McHenry encloses all of the correspondence relative to the disposition of the Indians on the western frontier and the correspondence with the Governor of Louisiana respecting the continued existence of Spanish posts on the eastern side of the Mississippi.
Date
06/30/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1797063000101
Page start
1
Note
The printed version of this report was entitled Report of the Secretary of War Accompanying a Confidential Message from the President of the United States. The printed version is also available in Papers of the War Department 1784-1800.
Notable persons
James McHenry
John Adams, President of the United States
Brigadier General Wilkinson
Lieutenant Colonel Hamtramck
Captain Guion
His Excellency, Manuel Gayoso de Lemos
Lieutenant Piercy Pope of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
Advanced Guard of the Troops of the United States
William Blount, Senator from Tennessee
James Carey, Interpreter to the Cherokee Nation and Assistant to the Indian factory at Tellico
Notable locations
War Office
Natchez
Walnut Hills
Notable items
disposition of the Indians on the western frontiers