Commissioners request for money due to delay of treaty proceedings and payment of batteaux men
Item
Type
Copy of document
Title
Commissioners request for money due to delay of treaty proceedings and payment of batteaux men
Description
Commissioners report that they paid and discharged their batteauxmen [boat operators]. Need more money because of delay in treaty proceedings. Request $461.75.
year created
1793
month created
05
day created
27
sent from location
Navy Hall, opposite Niagara
recipient
in collection
in image
note
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
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Beverley Randolph
Benjamin Lincoln
Timothy Pickering
Batteaxmen
battoe men
federal commissioners
Cornelius A. Van Slyck
Joseph Mendersen agent
notable location
Niagara
New York
Sandusky Ohio
Philadelphia
Schenectady
notable item/thing
batteaux
boats
money
payment
drafts
document number
1793052740155
page start
28
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [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 29-30 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky | Navy Hall, opposite Niagara | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |