Transportation Problems, Unfriendly Indians in the Northwest Territory
Document 1798While discussing a number of transportation and supply matters, Bedinger expresses his concern that Major Elias Langham has not returned. He hopes that no accident may have befallen him during his passage through the wilderness. Some of the Indians of the Northwest Territory are not as friendly as they have been in the past.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
While discussing a number of transportation and supply matters, Bedinger expresses his concern that Major Elias Langham has not returned. He hopes that no accident may have befallen him during his passage through the wilderness. Some of the Indians of the Northwest Territory are not as friendly as they have been in the past.
Date
07/17/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Shepherds Town
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Henry Bedinger
Captain James Glenn
Joseph Riddle
merchant
Captain Blackburn
William Taylor
Major Elias Langham
Indians
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Shepherds Town
Alexandria
Norfolk
Baltimore
wilderness
North Western Territory
Notable items
tents and poles
sloop
packets
expense
stores
route
account
receipt
credit
bill
accident