Hamtramck's Report from the Western District
Document 1799Hamtramck reports that he has recovered his health and has resumed his former command. He talks of his progress from Natchez and comments on the land-grabbing of the people of Kentucky and Tennessee. He does not believe that Lt. Webster is doing the recruiting at Lexington that he was ordered to do.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hamtramck reports that he has recovered his health and has resumed his former command. He talks of his progress from Natchez and comments on the land-grabbing of the people of Kentucky and Tennessee. He does not believe that Lt. Webster is doing the recruiting at Lexington that he was ordered to do.
Date
01/21/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Wayne
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799012140101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hamilton, 03/22/1799; Cited in Hamilton to Hamtramck, 04/27/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
John Francis Hamtramck
Lt. Webster of the Second Regiment
General [James] Wilkinson
officers
great friends to the French Republic
Zacharia Coxe
Mitchell
Sargent
Lieut. Smith of the 3rd Regiment
Pottawatamies
Indians
traders
staff officers of the First Regiment
Miami Chief
carpenters
command
General Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Fort Wayne
Natchez
Kentucky
Tennessee
the Mississippi
New Orleans
Nashville
Muscle Shoals
James River
Lexington
Rapids of the Ohio
Fort Washington
Ohio River
Notable items
ill health
travel
federal government
measures of Congress
the Governor's directions
dinner
attack
confinement
my pardon
public land
Indian land
[squatters]
hunting
nations
reconciliation
interest of the Republic
house
works
barracks
payment
recruiting
authority
personal accommodations