Replacing the Dead Factor at Fort Wilkinson
Document 1799The President has appointed Edward Wright to the position of Factor of the Indian Store at Fort Wilkinson on the Oconee River. Wright is replacing Edward Price, deceased, whose death was sudden and unexpected. Since it is probable that the affairs of the factory are in a deranged state, Wright is to proceed to Fort Wilkinson without delay.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
The President has appointed Edward Wright to the position of Factor of the Indian Store at Fort Wilkinson on the Oconee River. Wright is replacing Edward Price, deceased, whose death was sudden and unexpected. Since it is probable that the affairs of the factory are in a deranged state, Wright is to proceed to Fort Wilkinson without delay.
Date
03/15/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1799031500555
Page start
31
Notable persons
Edward Wright
James McHenry
Edward Price
factor
President of the United States
deceased
Secretary of War
commanding officer
James Byers Jr
Indian Nations
John Adams
Governor Blount
Superintendent of Indian Affairs
Cherokees
traders
Cherokee Nation
David Henley
Comptroller of the Treasury
Timothy Pickering
factor for Tellico
factor for Georgia
Creeks
James Seagrove Esquire
W. Charles Anderson
Creek Nation
white traders
Mr Francis
Notable locations
Georgia
Oconee River
Fort Wilkinson
Indian Store
War Department
Tellico River
Southwestern Territory
Philadelphia
Knoxville
Tellico Blockhouse
River St. Mary's
Colerain
Coleraine
Notable items
appointment
deranged state
books
papers
effects
Congress of the United States
trade
trading posts
invoices
lasting peace
peltry
military post
treaty
store
whiskey
factory
store house
economy
rum
treasury
sloop
day book
spirituous liquors
liquors