Letter from Federal Commissioners Sandusky Treaty requesting interpreters and white wampum [money]

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Letter from Federal Commissioners Sandusky Treaty requesting interpreters and white wampum [money]

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From Niagara, Commissioners have no information on whereabouts of William Wilson or James Rankin, interpreters for Delaware and Shawanese languages; and inquire on whereabouts of white wampum. They write to Major Craig at Pittsburg noting that it is of highest importance that they have their interpreters. Ask Craig to urge Wilson to come. If Rankin cannot come, find another competently skilled in Shawanese. Commissioners have sent Jasper Parrish, interpreter for Six Nations with this letter. Commissioners require $80,000 in white wampum for the treaty negotiations. Contingent draft from Secretary of War enclosed.

year created

1793

month created

05

day created

26

author

Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky

sent from location

Niagara

recipient

Isaac Craig

sent to location

Pittsburg

in collection

Third Congress: Transcribed Confidential Reports and Other Communications Transmitted by the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives, 3d Congress, 1st Session, 1793, Vol. II [3C-B2] (RG 233) {M1268, roll 14}

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NOP01

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This document is enclosed in instructions to the commissioners appointed to deal with the hostile Indians north of the Ohio, in the form of a journal of their proceedings, submitted to the House of Representatives on December 4, 1793. This document is an integral part of [Public Reports] and other communications of the Secretary of War, 12/99/1793.

notable person/group

Henry Knox
Benjamin Lincoln
Timothy Pickering
Beverly Randolph
Federal Treaty Commissioners
James Rankin
William Wilson
interpreters
Delaware
Shawnee
Major Isaac Craig
Jasper Parrish
Six Nations
Secretary of War

notable location

Niagara
Sandusky
Pittsburg
Delaware
Shawnee

notable item/thing

white wampum

notable idea/issue

Treaty at Sandusky
Federal Treaty Commissioners

document number

1793052640155

page start

23

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[view document] (2 pages) NOP01 (506 pages) Collection: Third Congress: Transcribed Confidential Reports and Other Communications Transmitted by the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives, 3d Congress, 1st Session, 1793, Vol. II [3C-B2] (RG 233) {M1268, roll 14} M:1268, R:14, p 23-24

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky Niagara [n/a]
Recipient Isaac Craig Pittsburg [n/a]