Instructions to Get Two Guides and Proceed with Letters to Pittsburg
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Title
Instructions to Get Two Guides and Proceed with Letters to Pittsburg
Description
Commissioners instruct interpreter Jasper Parrish to proceed to Pittsburg with two trusty Indians from Cornplanter's settlement, obtain more interpreters for treaty negotiations at Sandusky, and procure more white wampum. If Major Craig does not respond in timely fashion, apply to General John Gibson, who will expedite the effort. Commissioners plan to embark for Sandusky on 20 June 1793
year created
1793
month created
05
day created
26
sent from location
Navy Hall, opposite Niagara
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Enclosed in Lincoln, Randolph, and Pickering to Craig, 06/21/1793.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.
author note
Benjamin Lincoln; Beverley Randolph; and Timothy Pickering.
notable person/group
Jasper Parrish
General John Gibson
Timothy Pickering
Benjamin Lincoln
Beverly Randolph
Treaty commissioners
Major Isaac Craig
notable location
Niagara
Sandusky
Pittsburg
Cornplanter's settlement
notable item/thing
white wampum
document number
1793052690255
page start
24
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In image | In source | Location in source | |
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[view document] (506 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 |
[view document] (2 pages) | NOP01 (506 pages) | Collection: Printed Versions | M: 1268, R: 14, p 24-25 |
Document names
Type | Name | Location | Notes |
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Author | Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky | Navy Hall, opposite Niagara | [n/a] |
Recipient | Jasper Parrish | [unknown] | [n/a] |