Survey of the Ohio & the Miami Purchases
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Survey of the Ohio & the Miami Purchases
Description
Surveyor Israel Ludlow describes for Hamilton the travails of his attempts to survey the Ohio and Miami Companies and the danger and suffering that were involved.
year created
1792
month created
05
day created
05
author
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Henry Benton Teetor, Sketch of the Life and Times of Col. Israel Ludlow, One of the Original Proprietors of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, 1885), 50-52.
content note
The Papers of Alexander Hamilton
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
Israel Ludlow
General Knox
Major Doughty
Major Ziegler
troops
Indians
General Knox
my hired men and packhorses [pack horses]
General Harmar
General St. Clair
three active woodsmen to assist as spies
three armed men
General Wilkinson
notable location
Philadelphia
Fort Harmar
Fort Pitt
Marietta
Fort Washington
Miami and Ohio tracts
the Ohio
Limestone
mouth of the Great Sandy River
Miami River
Little Miami River
notable item/thing
surveys of the Ohio and Miami Companies
cause of the delay
General Knox's letter, or order to the Commandant for an escort
chain-carriers and other hands
corn
provision
camp equipage
coming cold season
frontier stations
Miami survey
official application for fifteen men or more
execution of this survey
a matter of the highest interest and importance to the United States
sufficient guard
Ohio Company's survey
loss of six of the escort
all of my pack-horses [pack horses] and their equipage
raft of logs
protection
my reputation
the public good
approaching danger
western boundary
deep snows and cold weather
game for supplies
cold weather
east boundary
signs of the near approach of Indians
whole of the survey of the Ohio and part of the Miami purchases
notable phrase
I now have the satisfaction to present to you the whole of the survey of the Ohio and part of the Miami purchases, executed agreeably to instructions.
document number
1792050590000
Item sets
Document instances
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Israel Ludlow | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |