Federal Commissioners to Major Craig [letter no. 2] on delivery of letters to Major General Anthony Wayne

Item

Type

Copy of document

Title

Federal Commissioners to Major Craig [letter no. 2] on delivery of letters to Major General Anthony Wayne

Description

Federal Commissioners report they are sending letter via Sylvester Ash; use of Indian runners to carry letters to Fort Franklin and Fort Pitt. Refer to letters for General Wayne

year created

1793

month created

08

day created

23

sent from location

Fort Erie

recipient

sent to location

Pittsburg

in image

note

Enclosed in [A Journal of the proceedings at Council with the Western Indians], 08/24/1793.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. 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.

cited note

Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office

notable person/group

Major Isaac Craig
Federal Commissioners at Sandusky
Timothy Pickering
Benjamin Lincoln
Beverley Randolph
Sylvester Ash
Commanding officer at Pittsburg
Major General Anthony Wayne
Indian Runners

notable location

Fort Erie
Pittsburg
Fort Franklin
Fort Pitt

document number

1793082390255

page start

87

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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, 87-88
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Document names

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