Autograph Letter Signed

Reports on the Recent Harmar Expedition

Knox encloses reports from Lieutenant Ebenezer Denny, Governor St. Clair, and Brigadier General Harmar about the recent western expedition, which includes a list of killed and wounded. He references a separate expedition of federal troops under Majors Whitely and Hamtramck. Hamtrack destroyed Indian towns on the Wabash without opposition. Knox speaks highly of Lieutenant Denny.

1790

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War Department

George Washington

Henry Knox

Lieutenant Ebenezer Denny

Governor Arthur St. Clair

Brigadier General Josiah Harmar

Major Whitely

John Hamtramck

Federal Troops

Militia

War Department

Fort Washington on the Ohio River

Kentucky

garrison at Post Vincennes

frontier

hostile Indian towns on the Wabash

dispatch

Indian relations

peace

war

hostilities

land rights

murder

late expedition

report of killed and wounded

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War Department, December 14, 1790

Sir: Lieutenant Denny arrived last evening from
Fort Washington, on the Ohio, charged with letters
from General St. Clair and Brigadier General
Harmar, copies of which I have the honor
herewith to submit, and also extracts from
the orders issued during the late expedition; also
a return of the killed and wounded.

Lieutenant Denny reports verbally, that after he left
Fort Washington, he saw, in Kentucky, several
men of the militia of that district, who had been
out under Major Whitely, under Major
Hamtramck, of the Federal troops, who commanded
a separate expedition.

The said militia-men informed Lieutenant
Denny, that Major Hamtramck had destroyed
several of the hostile Indian towns,on the
Wabash, and had returned to his
garrison, at Post Vincennes, without having
met any opposition.

I have the honor to be &c
H. Knox
Secretary of War

The President of the United States.