Request for white wampum and qualified Delaware and Shawanese interpreters

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Type

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Title

Request for white wampum and qualified Delaware and Shawanese interpreters

Description

Federal commissioners advise Major Craig they have dispatched Six Nations interpreter Jasper Parrish to Philadelphia to procure white wampum. They ask Craig to dispatch 40 to 50,000 white wampum. They reiterate request for Delaware and Shawanese interpreters to support the Treaty at Sandusky Ohio.

year created

1793

month created

05

day created

27

author

Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky

sent from location

Navy Hall, opposite Niagara

recipient

Isaac Craig

sent to location

Pittsburg

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

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

Major Isaac Craig
Beverley Randolph
Benjamin Lincoln
Timothy Pickering
Federal Commissioners
Henry Knox
Jasper Parrish
Indian interpreters
Indian runners
Secretary of War

notable location

Pittsburgh
Niagara
Philadelphia
Sandusky Ohio

notable idea/issue

Treaty of Sandusky
Federal Commissioners

document number

1793052790155

page start

27

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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 27-28

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky Navy Hall, opposite Niagara Timothy Pickering; Benjamin Lincoln;
Recipient Isaac Craig Pittsburg [n/a]