Instructions to Mr. Edward Wright
Document 1799Wright has been appointed to succeed Edward Price, deceased, late factor of the Indian Store at Fort Wilkinson on the River Oconee. McHenry includes a list of seventeen instructions respecting the management and conduct of said factory. McHenry noted that the current state of the factory could be "deranged".
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Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Wright has been appointed to succeed Edward Price, deceased, late factor of the Indian Store at Fort Wilkinson on the River Oconee. McHenry includes a list of seventeen instructions respecting the management and conduct of said factory. McHenry noted that the current state of the factory could be "deranged".
Date
03/27/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1799032700301
Notable persons
James McHenry
Edward Wright
Creek Nation
Benjamin Hawkins
factor
contractor
merchant
Notable locations
War Department
Fort Wilkinson
Oconee River
Ohio River
Indian Store
factory
Notable items
instructions
factor
trading house
goods for the Creek
Indian affairs
bills
cash
letter of advice
books
papers