United States Senate
34 documents
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War Department provides information to the Senate regarding Indain affairs
Document, Minutes of opinions to Senate; discusses White aggression.
Henry Knox Papers. [Microfilm] -
Petitions of Widows and Children
Knox considers the petitions of the widows and children of eight officers from South Carolina who died while in the service of the United States. He grants six of them seven years' half-pay as …
Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the Senate, 1789-1819. (RG46) (M1257, Rolls 1-3) -
Petition of Samuel B. Turner
In considering the petition of Samuel B. Turner, Knox wrestles with the question as to whether a prisoner of the Indians should receive full pay and emoluments while in captivity and also be rembursed …
Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the Senate, 1789-1819. (RG46) (M1257, Rolls 1-3) -
Petition of Monsieur Louis Garranger
Petitioner, Monsieur Louis Garranger, states that he and his brother entered into service of United States in December 1776 conformably to contract made by Silas Deane with Monsieur Du Coudray. The …
Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the Senate, 1789-1819. (RG46) (M1257, Rolls 1-3) -
Petitions of Chartier, Labrientoy, Page, Gingrass, and Deton
Knox addresses the United States Senate regarding the claims of five petitioners, none of whom have produced sufficent evidence to support their claims of service during the American Revolution.
Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the Senate, 1789-1819. (RG46) (M1257, Rolls 1-3) -
Petition of Samuel Stearns
Stearns' petition for compensation is denied. He claims that he was out of the country during the period when such claims were authorized by Congress but in fact he was in Canada only two months and …
Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the Senate, 1789-1819. (RG46) (M1257, Rolls 1-3) -
Petition of Robert Connelly
Knox addresses the Unitedhis service during the American Revolutionary War in which he claims that a cold which he contracted in 1775 resulted in blindness and poverty twelve years later.
Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the Senate, 1789-1819. (RG46) (M1257, Rolls 1-3) -
Petition of Elkanah Prentice
Knox addresses the United States Senate regarding the petition of Elkanah Prentice. Prentice claims he sustained injuries to his leg due to hardship and fatigue, which left him a cripple for life. …
Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the Senate, 1789-1819. (RG46) (M1257, Rolls 1-3) -
Ninety-Five Cents Due from the Paymaster
Stewart, McKown, and Burns have submitted to Cornet James Bale their request for ninety-five cents each full balance due them from the Paymaster to the Cavalry.
Sixth Congress: Petitions and Memorials to the Senate [6A-G2] (RG46) (M1706, Roll 4) -
[Report on measures taken for opening trade with the Indians]
Enclosure to Vice President's office. Discussed opening trade with Indians to provide them with cheap provisions. Methods of supplying provisions to Indians detailed, money owed Indian tribes.
Fourth Congress: Reports and Communications to the Senate by the Secretary of War [4A-F3] (RG46) -
Petition of Mary Hibborn
Mary Hibborn's petition for land promised to soldiers who served in the late war until its termination is denied because her husband, Francis Cranberry, served and died long before the war ended.
Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the Senate, 1789-1819. (RG46) (M1257, Rolls 1-3)
