Developments with Spain

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Developments with Spain

Description

General Wilkinson writes Capt. Zebulon Pike on the various issues affecting the western part of the Northwest territory. Lt. Thomas Underwood has received the pay for Pike's garrison as well as the summer clothing. Refers to the charges against Benjamin Sebastian being a paid agent of Spain, and Aaron Gregg's mission to the Spanish.

year created

1796

month created

05

day created

06

sent from location

Greenville

recipient

in image

note

Cited in Pike to Wilkinson, 07/03/1796.

cited note

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

notable person/group

Zebulon Pike
James Wilkinson
Thomas Underwood
Chickasaw
Spanish commissioner
Benjamin Sebastian
Spaniards
Anthony Wayne
Aaron Gregg
Lee
garrison
South American Ambassador to Kentucky
Indians

notable location

Greenville
Natchez
Chickasaw Bluff
Mississippi River
Kentucky
Spain

notable item/thing

clothing
pay
treaty with Spain
boundary
Mississippi River
calumny
stores
orders
garrison

notable idea/issue

expects to take possession of the Chickasaw bluff

notable phrase

"South American Ambassador to Kentucky"

document number

1796050690001

page start

1

number of pages

3

Transcribe this document

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) IGE07 (3 pages) Collection: Northwest Territory Collection, M367 B:2, F:15

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James Wilkinson Greenville [n/a]
Recipient Zebulon M. Pike [unknown] [n/a]