Report from the Western District

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No human transcription currently available for this document.

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

In his mostly undecipherable handwriting, this unknown officer provides a detailed report of events in the West.

Date

01/31/1799

Author

Illegible Author

Recipient

James McHenry

Repository

Library of Congress: Manuscript Division

Collection

Alexander Hamilton Papers

Document number

1799013100201

Note

Largely illegible. A seventeen page document. Syrett listed this document in the Appendix to Vol. 22.

Notable persons

James McHenry
Richard Clark
non-commissioned officers
Chief
Major Kersey
fugitive
savages
officers commanding garrisons
Indians
Commanding Officers of posts on the Mississippi
Chiefs of the Choctaw Nation
tribes
Spaniards
Indian Commissioners
Chickasaws
the whites
Africans
our sick
DoctorTodd
Doctor Philips
3rd Regiment
Contractor
s agent
Presley Neville O'Bannion
James Morrison
Stephens
Ensign McClaig
Cox
physician
Vice Consul
Daniel Clark

Notable locations

Tennessee
Mississippi
north of the Ohio
Spain
Louisiana
Western Country
Natchez
Kentucky
Fort Washington
Lexington
New Orleans
Atlantic ports

Notable items

knapsacks
stroke of justice
jealousy
allegiance
conscience
personal faith
government of Tennessee
strength of the garrison
provisions
checks against abuses
return for August
goods
peace
feather
expenses
friendship
Spanish corn
symbol of allegiance
small medals
copper
silver
arms of Spain
contract
water battery
climate
heat
piercing rays of the sun
patriotism
surgeon's appointment
rations
safe passage of the dispatches
diabolical dispositions
General Court Martial
trial of Ensign [?]
presidential decision
vagabond
baggage
reports of Capt. [?] and Lt. Pope
works of Fort McHenry
ruin
correspondence with Governor Gayoso
sympathies
Cox's application
boats descending the river
capture
existing intercourse
channel of communication