Your Care of Our Safety
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Your Care of Our Safety
Description
Knox instructs the Commissioners to write a letter to Major General Wayne if they are unable to negotiate a treaty with the hostile Indians to express their thanks for ensuring their safety during the treaty talks.
year created
1793
month created
04
day created
29
author
in collection
in publication
note
Addressed to The Indian Commissioners.
recipient note
Benjamin Lincoln; Beverly Randolph; Timothy Pickering
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Benjamin Lincoln
Beverley Randolph
Timothy Pickering
Commissioners
Major General Wayne
Attorney General [Edmund Randolph]
notable location
Sandusky
country northwest of the Ohio
notable item/thing
treaty with the hostile Indians
our safety
general instructions
extract of a letter
notable phrase
"We were at Sandusky [blank] days--Although we did not effect a peace, yet we hope that good may hereafter arise from the mission. The tranquility of the country northwest of the Ohio during the continuance of the treaty evinced your care of our safety and we could not leave this quarter without returning you our unfeigned thanks."
document number
1793042914000
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: Territorial Papers, Vol. 2. | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Commissioners for Indian Affairs in the Northern Department | [unknown] | Commissioners: Benjamin Lincoln, Beverley Randolph and Timothy Pickering. |