Requesting Orders to General Wayne to Abstain from Hostilities

Item

Type

Copy of document

Title

Requesting Orders to General Wayne to Abstain from Hostilities

Description

In this letter the Federal Commissioners for Sandusky Conference request that President Washington issue fresh orders to Major General Anthony Wayned to abstain from hostilites and to remain quietly at posts.

year created

1793

month created

07

day created

10

sent from location

Niagara Navy Hall

recipient

in image

note

Cited in Knox to Wayne, 07/20/1793. 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.

author note

Benjamin Lincoln; Beverly Randolph; Timothy Pickering.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

Henry Knox
President of United States General George Washington
Federal Commissioners Sandusky Conference
Benjamin Lincoln
Timothy Pickering
Beverley Randolph
Major General Anthony Wayne

notable location

Niagara
Navy Hall

notable idea/issue

Sandusky Conference 1793

document number

1793071040155

page start

57

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[view document] (1 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 57
[view document] (1 pages) NOP01 (506 pages) Collection: Printed Versions M: 1268, R: 14; p 57

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky Niagara Navy Hall [n/a]
Recipient George Washington [unknown] [n/a]