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

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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

author

Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky

sent from location

Navy Hall, opposite Niagara

recipient

Jasper Parrish

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

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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[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
Author Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky Navy Hall, opposite Niagara [n/a]
Recipient Jasper Parrish [unknown] [n/a]