Regarding the Appointment of an Inspector of the Frontier
Document 1800Agrees with McHenry and the other department heads on the need to appoint a person to inspect the garrisons, Indian trade houses, and general conditions of the U.S. frontiers. Asks for the names of candidates to be sent to him, and recommends a senator from Connecticut as one candidate.
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Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Description
Agrees with McHenry and the other department heads on the need to appoint a person to inspect the garrisons, Indian trade houses, and general conditions of the U.S. frontiers. Asks for the names of candidates to be sent to him, and recommends a senator from Connecticut as one candidate.
Date
05/24/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1800052440201
Page start
1
Note
The body text of this letter is duplicated in 1800052640701.
Notable persons
James McHenry
John Adams
heads of Departments
Uriah Tracy
John Newman
Notable locations
Philadelphia
North Western Territory
Mississippi River
frontier
Tennessee
Georgia
Connecticut
Notable items
report
appointing
garrisons
Indian trading houses
factories
public property