Prohibiting the Sale of Liquor to Indians, Etc.
Document 1799Hamtramck reports from his post at Detroit on matters ranging from the drunkness of the local Indians to the erroneous report from Colonel Srong on the prevalence of Indian hostility.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Hamtramck reports from his post at Detroit on matters ranging from the drunkness of the local Indians to the erroneous report from Colonel Srong on the prevalence of Indian hostility.
Date
09/19/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1799091960100
Note
Cited in Hamilton to Hamtramck, 11/09/1799.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
John F. Hamtramck
non-commissioned officers do not command the respect of the men
Governor General of the Province
Superintendent of Indian Affairs
Governor Arthur St. Clair
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Notable items
problems with police have been corrected
garrisons need copies of "the Baron" and the Articles of War
drunkness of the Indians at Detroit
passage of a law for the Northwest Territory similar to the Canadian Act of March 29, 1777 prohibiting the sale of liquor to the Indians
letter from the chief of the Kaskaskias
Colonel David Strong's information concerning Indian hostility was unfounded
it was orginated by land speculators