Appointment & Instructions for Inspector of Frontiers
Document 1800Appoints Tracy as an inspector of government installations and property along the various frontiers of the U.S. Gives instructions for this office, including taking observations on relations with the Indians and Indian presents, inspecting forts, etc.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Appoints Tracy as an inspector of government installations and property along the various frontiers of the U.S. Gives instructions for this office, including taking observations on relations with the Indians and Indian presents, inspecting forts, etc.
Date
05/31/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1800053101601
Page start
1
Notable persons
Uriah Tracey
James McHenry
Indians
military commanders
Secretary of War
Colonial Governor
Territorial Governor
Superintendent of Indian Affairs
Notable locations
War Department
North Western Territory
Mississippi River
frontier
Tennessee
Georgia
Tellico Blockhouse
Ocone River
Congress
Notable items
appointment
Indian Trading Houses
public property
talks
rations
ammunition
clothing
presents
military posts
authority
applications
acts of bounty
examination
Garrisons
blockhouse