Forwarding of Recent War Department Correspondence, with Table of Contents
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Forwarding of Recent War Department Correspondence, with Table of Contents
Description
Informs President Adams, shortly after his inauguration, of the various affairs involving the War Department by forwarding War Department correspondence to him [the source of this collection]. Appended by a table of contents for the entire collection, which includes letters on relations with the Indians, military stores & regulations, fortifications, instructions to various officers and agents, etc.
year created
1797
month created
04
day created
13
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
in collection
in image
note
No tif image.
notable person/group
John Adams
James McHenry
President United States
Secretary of War
Creeks
Cherokees
Silas Dinsmoor
Indian Agent
Benjamin Hawkins
agent to Creeks
Constant Freeman
agent war department Georgia
David Henley
agent war department Tennessee
Indian Chiefs
Philadelphia
Chickasaw
Shawanees
Wiandot
Wyandot
Stephen Hillis
deputy paymaster
James Byers
factor at Tellico
Edward Price
factor at Georgia
Lieutenant Colonel Gaither
Captain Sparks
Samuel Hodgdon
superintendent military stores
John Harris
military storekeeper
Dey of Algiers
notable location
War Office
Norfolk
New York
Portsmouth
Virginia
New Hampshire
Boston
Massachusetts
Baltimore
Maryland
Algiers
notable item/thing
regulations
instructions
treaty with Creeks
Indian boundary
conference of Indian chiefs in Philadelphia
estimates
committee of congress
salutes
maritime posts
frontier posts
recruiting service
live oak timber
document number
1797041300601
page start
1
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | IDD03 (157 pages) | Collection: John Adams Papers | R: 384 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | War Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Adams | [unknown] | [n/a] |