Collection
42,880 items

Seeks to Provide Protection, Provisions for Counties of Harrison, Randolph, Ohio, Monongahela, and Kenkawa
05/09/1790 Contemporary Copy of LetterLetter authorizes and instructs the lieutenants of Harrison, Randolph, Ohio, Monongahalia, Kenhawa and Russell Counties [West Virginia] on the procedure for calling up scouts to protect the frontiers …
Auditor Public Accounts #196, Frontier Defense
Seeking the Murderers of Two Men
09/04/1790 Autograph Draft Document SignedPickering requests custody of the murderers of two men and expresses his regret at continued Indian aggression.
Timothy Pickering Papers- No image
Security of the Frontier and Employment of Scouts
07/29/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentDiscusses protection on the frontier against Indian incursions. Suggests that Shawanese and outcast Cherokees may be perpetrators. President Washington has ordered extirpation of banditti. General …
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Secretary of War to General Harmar
07/20/1790 Printed transcription/modern copy of DocumentThanks for "break[ing] up the next of vagabond Indians near Scioto" and encouraged Harmar to pursue them until they are eliminated. Discussed methods for transporting and obtaining provisions. Knox …
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Secretary of War takes Leave to Boston
09/15/1790 LetterbookKnox informs the President that he is departing for Boston. Information of a war continues as vague and uncertain as ever.
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Secretary of War reports to the President of the U.S. Senate on the Harmar Expedition
12/08/1790 Printed transcription/modern copy of DocumentKnox submits information pertaining to Harmar's expedition to the U.S. Senate. This is a cover letter to the report.
Printed Versions 
Secretary at War summarizes instructions received from the President
07/1790 Document, type undeterminedMemorandum from Secretary of War.
Henry Knox Papers. [Microfilm]
Secret articles of US/Creek Treaty of 07/04/1790.
08/07/1790 LetterbookThis treaty discusses the continuance of U.S. trade with the Creek Nation in the event of war with Spain. McGillivray is appointed U.S. agent to the Creek Nation. U.S. agrees to educate and clothe a …
Miscellaneous File, 1800-1917. (RG94)
Schuyler discusses invalid pensions with Knox
08/07/1790 Autograph Letter SignedLetter, discusses Invalid pensions.
Henry Knox Papers. [Microfilm]
Schedule of Pay and Rations
04/30/1790 Autograph Document SignedA schedule of pay and rations, Approved April 30, 1790. Lists dollars for each position and quantity of goods allocated for soldiers.
Henry Miller Papers- No image
Schedule B Additional Estimate For Which No Provision Hath Been Made By Congress.
07/28/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentSchedule B Additional Estimate For Which No Provision Hath Been Made By Congress. Mentions Indian affairs, treaties, extinguishing Indian claims to lands, government of Western Territory, treaties …
Printed Versions 
Samuel Hodgdon's Receipt for Clothing
05/20/1790 Copy of Signed DocumentReturn of clothing received of Smith & Sheppard for the use of the Levy Troops, Philadelphia May 20th 1791.
Settled Miscellaneous Treasury Accounts, Sept. 7, 1790 - Sept 29, 1894. (RG217) (M235)
Salaries of the Secretary of War and his Gentlemen
07/01/1790 Document, type undeterminedAccount, Salaries of the War office.
Henry Knox Papers. [Microfilm]
Safe Delivery of Pensions
01/07/1790 Autograph Letter SignedNourse enclosed remittance for payment of pensions owed children of Major General Warren and Richard Gridley, Esq.
Benjamin Lincoln Papers
Richard solicits appointment from Knox
01/20/1790 Autograph Letter SignedLetter, asks for appointment in the Revenue department; mentions Constitution.
Henry Knox Papers. [Microfilm]
Revocation of Authorization to Use Scouts
07/20/1790 Contemporary Copy of LetterHenry Knox informs Arthur St. Clair that authority to call out scouts to protect the frontiers from possible Indian hostilities has been revoked by the government, in favor of the use of rangers.
Northwest Territory Collection, M367
Returns for Payments to Sundry Officers
04/21/1790 Document SignedLetter addressed to Henry Knox which enclosed return of payments to sundry officers, for which author has receipts. Requested warrants to settle accounts.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)- No image
Return of the Killed and Wounded upon the Expedition against the Miami Towns
11/04/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentReturn of the killed and wounded upon the expedition against the Miami towns, under the command of Brigadier General Harmar. Federal troops killed: 75; militia; 108. Total wounded: 31. Killed included …
Printed Versions 
Return of Subsistence
04/13/1790 Copy of documentCertified copy of return of subsistence due Virginia officers.
Executive Papers, Office of Governors Letters
Return of Invalids of Rhode Island Paid Their Annual Pension
03/04/1790 Document, type undeterminedReturn of Invalids of Rhode Island paid.
Jeremiah Olney Papers
Return of certificates issued
02/25/1790 Document SignedReturn of certificates issued by the Commissioner of Army Accounts to the officers and soldiers to the late Continental Army, showing the amount issued to the troops of each state.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Return of balances
06/04/1790 Draft Letter SignedDiscusses return of balances due the noncommissioned officers and privates of Colonel Thomas Robinson's company in the 4th Pennsylvania Battalion in 1776
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Results of Indian Attack
05/16/1790 Document SignedDetails of account of Indian attack on river above Limestone.
First Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War [1A-D2] (RG 233) {Reference Microfilm}- No image
Restraining Indian Hostilities, Etc.
08/13/1790 Printed transcription/modern copy of letterThe President informs Knox of his intention to go to Mount Vernon as soon as public business will permit. Therefore, the President directs the Secretary of War to forward all business that requires …
Printed Versions 
Response to the Petition of Tucker, Condy, Williams, & Armstrong
05/25/1790 Copy of Signed DocumentKnox responds to the petitions of Joseph Tucker, Thomas Hollis Condy, Robert Williams, and Samuel Armstrong, late paymasters and agents of the Continental Army from the State of Massachusetts. He …
Samuel Hodgdon Letters
