Letter from Federal Commissioners for Sandusky conference to Major Isaac Craig on interpreters, wampum, runners, and timing of Sandusky Conference

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Title

Letter from Federal Commissioners for Sandusky conference to Major Isaac Craig on interpreters, wampum, runners, and timing of Sandusky Conference

year created

1793

month created

06

day created

28

author

Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky

sent from location

Fort Erie

recipient

Isaac Craig

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}

in image

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; Beverly Randolph; Timothy Pickering.

notable person/group

Isaac Craig
Joseph Nicholson
Benjamin Lincoln
Timothy Pickering
Beverley Randolph
Seneca Indians
Wabash Indians
Indian Runners
Federal Commissioners for conference at Sandusky
Mr Wilson
Mr Ash
Western Indians
Indian messengers
six Nations

notable location

Fort Erie
Burnt Towers
Sandusky
Seneca
Wabash
Detroit
Miami Rapids
Pittsburg
Detroit River
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Philadelphia
Burnt Towers

notable item/thing

Interpreters
wampum
messengers
guinieas
dollars

notable idea/issue

Conference at Sandusky
counsel at Miami Rapids

document number

1793062890055

page start

42

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[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 42-43

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky Fort Erie [n/a]
Recipient Isaac Craig [unknown] [n/a]