Letter from Federal Commissioners to Lieutenant Tinsley, commanding officer Fort Franklin, [no. 1]

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Letter from Federal Commissioners to Lieutenant Tinsley, commanding officer Fort Franklin, [no. 1]

Description

Letter from Federal Commissioners for Sandusky conference request assistance from Lieutenant Tinsley in expediting dispatch of letters to Major Craig at Pittsburg, to include the provision of armed guard. They relate that the western Indians have refused to make peace and ask that Tinsley communicate this information appropriately in order to ensure due vigilance on the frontier.

year created

1793

month created

08

day created

23

author

Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky

sent from location

Fort Erie

recipient

Lieutenant Tinsley

sent to location

Fort Franklin

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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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.

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

notable person/group

Lieutenant Tinsley commanding officer Fort Franklin
Federal Commissioners Sandusky
Benjamin Lincoln
Timothy Pickering
Beverley Randolph
Sylvester Ash
Major Craig at Pittsburgh
Western Indians

notable location

Fort Franklin
Fort Erie
Pittsburgh

notable idea/issue

Sandusky conference
collapse of talks at Sandusky conference

document number

1793082390455

page start

89

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Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky Fort Erie [n/a]
Recipient Lieutenant Tinsley Fort Franklin [n/a]