Protecting the Surveyors
Document 1799Since the party of troops ordered to assist the Surveyor General in marking the boundary lines designated by the Treaty of Greenville has refused to do so, McHenry orders that a military escort be provided to cover the surveyors while the run the required lines.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Since the party of troops ordered to assist the Surveyor General in marking the boundary lines designated by the Treaty of Greenville has refused to do so, McHenry orders that a military escort be provided to cover the surveyors while the run the required lines.
Date
04/11/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799041100001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 04/13/1799; and Hamilton to Hamtramck, 05/12/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
Secretary of the Treasury [Oliver Wolcott, Jr.] Party of Troops
Surveyor General [Rufus Putnum]
Brigadier General [James] Wilkinson
military escort
surveyors
Notable locations
War Department
Northwestern Territory
Notable items
Indian boundary line
Treaty of Greenville
northern line
boundaries of townships
exterior line
cooperation of the military