Supply Issues, Interfort Roads, Mischief of Indians, and Call for Volunteers from Kentucky
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Supply Issues, Interfort Roads, Mischief of Indians, and Call for Volunteers from Kentucky
Description
The Chickasaws will be given the arms and stores as ordered but that leaves the stores at Hobson's Choice depleted to an alarming extent. New roads are being built between various forts in order to expedite transportation. The Indians do not seem interested in peace and continue to make mischief in the region. The Governor of Kentucky is being asked to provide volunteers for the coming campaign.
year created
1793
month created
05
day created
27
author
sent from location
Hobson's Choice
recipient
in collection
in microfilm
in publication
in image
note
Cited in Wayne to Knox, 06/20/1793, and Knox to Washington, 07/17/1793.
Spans Images 228-33 of this collection.
Spans Images 228-33 of this collection.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Anthony Wayne
Major Hughes
Captain Preston
seventy seven recruits
Chickasaws
Creeks
Quartermaster General
Governor of Kentucky
Col. Strong
Genl St. Clair
Capt. Bradley of the 25th
the Savages
desultory parties of Indians
two companies of Invalids
notable location
Hobson's Choice
Great Kenhawa
Fort Franklin and Meads Station
Forts Steuben and Knox
Chickasaw bluffs
confluence of the Ohio with the Mississippi
Forts Washington, St. Clair, and Jefferson
margin of the Ohio
Pittsburgh
notable item/thing
Arms, ammunitions, and stores for the Chickasaws
keel boats
a letter to the Governor of Kentucky
a provisional arrangement for a reinforcement of mounted volunteers
a road between between Forts Hamilton, St. Clair, and Jefferson
Hay on the prairie in the vicinity of that post
not a single particle of the stores or articles demanded for the present campaign
Those furnished from the magazines at this place for the Chickasaws
the margin of the Ohio is infested with desultory parties of Indians
notable phrase
I really feel my situation awkward, unpleasant, and embarassing! to make efficient arrangements for an active campaign will involve a heavy debt upon the nation
and I may probably be censured for having acted without postive/altho implied/orders should peace eventually take place
document number
1793052753555
page start
228
number of pages
3
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (5 pages) | DTB01 (266 pages) | Collection: Anthony Wayne Letterbooks Vol.1-3 | V:1 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: Anthony Wayne, A Name in Arms | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Microfilm: Anthony Wayne Papers | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Anthony Wayne | Hobson's Choice | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |