This injustice has fallen heavy on me, Etc.
Document 1799Colonel Hamtramck provides a detailed report of the situation in the Western Country. He reports on the condition of the sundry garrisons, the state of magazines, and other stores, and the disposition of the Indians. He is worried about the overdue bills for rations and supplies that he had purchased on his own credit.
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Letter Signed
Description
Colonel Hamtramck provides a detailed report of the situation in the Western Country. He reports on the condition of the sundry garrisons, the state of magazines, and other stores, and the disposition of the Indians. He is worried about the overdue bills for rations and supplies that he had purchased on his own credit.
Date
07/01/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Wayne
Collection
Document number
1799070100100
Note
This copy, a duplicate, was sent from Detroit on July 18, 1799. Cited in Hamtramck to Hamilton, 07/17/1799 and Hamilton to McHenry, 09/26/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
John F. Hamtramck
Mr. Ludlow, Deputy Surveyor
Surveyor General
Escort
Major Thomas Hunt
General Wilkinson
Governor St. Clair
Turtle, a Miami chief who is the Oracle of the Indians
Mr. Edward Day, Deputy Commissary General
Secretary of War [McHenry]
Notable locations
Fort Wayne [Territory Northwest of the River Ohio]
Detroit
Lormies
Fort Washington
Chickasaw Bluff
Michilimacanac
Presque Isle
Notable items
Indian boundary line
orders respecting the Indian Department
command of the Western Country
monthly reports
promotion of discipline
northern garrisons
state of the different fortifications
quality of the ammunition, arms, and other ordnance stores
necessity of entering into an expensive war
state of magazines
state of the barracks
General Wilkinson's standing orders
correct all unmilitary conduct or irregularities
grievances
lawful claim
large number of due bills
this injustice has fallen heavy on me
half gaiters for the men on my credit
public money or property on hand
laws and regulations relative to the army
session of Congress
provisions issued to the Indians