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Item
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Letter, discusses frontier protection; discusses Indians and Indian warfare; mentions Treaty of Muskingum of 1789.
year created
1792
month created
03
day created
10
author
recipient
in collection
note
Cited in Knox to Wilkinson, 03/10/1792.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
James Wilkinson
Henry Knox
notable location
Muskingum
United States
notable item/thing
indians who are prisoners
send them directly to the indian villages
receive and treat that person with kindness
pursuit of a proper character for this purpose
chiefs of the Six Nations
all offensive operations be restrained until after the effect of the mission should be known
desire for peace proceeds from pure motives of humanity
apprehensions of the final success of the war
strength and resources are such compared with the indian force
neither desire to conquer or extirpate the indians
desire is peace upon terms of moderation and justice
motives of protecting the frontiers
desire no lands but those hitherto obtained by fair treaty
Treaty of Muskingum
transmit you duplicates of my letters
reiterate to you the ardent desire of the President of the United States to make a proper and permanent peace with the indians
no hostile stroke should be made against them
mode shall be devised of placing before them truly and plainly the real objects of the United States
document number
1792031000001
page start
1
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| [view document] (9 pages) | EAC02 (9 pages) | Collection: James Wilkinson Papers | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | BOL04 (0 pages) | Collection: James Wilkinson Papers | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James Wilkinson | [unknown] | [n/a] |