Letter to Secretary of War on belt of hostile Indians, wampum, medicine chest, medicinal bark

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Type

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Title

Letter to Secretary of War on belt of hostile Indians, wampum, medicine chest, medicinal bark

Description

Bearer of letter is Six Nations interpreter Jasper Parrish. Federal Commissioners forTreaty of Sandusky report to Knox that belt from hostile tribes is missing. Request wampum, medicine chest and medicinal bark.

year created

1793

month created

05

day created

27

author

Benjamin Lincoln

secondary author

Timothy Pickering
Beverley Randolph

sent from location

Navy Hall, opposite Niagara
Niagara

recipient

Henry Knox

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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note

Benjamin Lincoln is writing on behalf of himself and the other commissioners.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
Beverley Randolph
Timothy Pickering
Jasper Parrish
Major Isaac Craig
Secretary of War
Indian runners
Cornplanter
physicians

notable location

Niagara
New York
Pittsburg
Sandusky Ohio
Philadelphia
Buffalo Creek

notable item/thing

bark
wampum
general lincoln's trunk
medicine chest

document number

1793052740255

page start

29

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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 28-29

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Benjamin Lincoln Niagara [n/a]
Author Timothy Pickering Navy Hall, opposite Niagara [n/a]
Author Beverley Randolph Navy Hall, opposite Niagara [n/a]
Recipient Henry Knox [unknown] [n/a]