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Type

Letterbook Copy

Description

Discusses Indian affairs, and the military are to be only auxiliary at this point. Need to determine how supplies will be distributed with uniformity.

Date

05/23/1799

Author

Alexander Hamilton

Recipient

John Francis Hamtramck

Sent from

New York

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Letters Received (Letterbook Copies) by Maj. Thomas Cushing, Commanding Troops on the Mississippi, Apr 5, 1799-Nov 2, 1799. (RG98)

Document number

1799052337701

Page start

Note

Enclosure to Hamtramck's letter dated 30 June 1799

Notable persons

John Hamtramck

Alexander Hamilton

Governors

Ex Officio Superintendent of Indian Affairs

Secretary of War

Indians

US Government

Commandant

temporary Indian agent

Governor Sargent

Notable locations

New York

Northwestern Territory

Mississippi Territory

Notable items

military communications and operations

negotiations

supplies

accommodations

system of conduct

rations

posts