James McHenry forwarding letter concerning orders to Isaac Guion
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
James McHenry forwarding letter concerning orders to Isaac Guion
Description
McHenry forwards to Guion letters written 9th and 10th of June to General Wilkinson, presumably concerning Guion's deployment to make the rounds of posts in territory claimed by both Indians and Spanish. Advises Guion on drawing funds to pay troops and purchase fortification materials.
year created
1797
month created
06
day created
10
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
in collection
note
Cited in McHenry to Guion, 07/27/1797, and McHenry to Guion, 07/13/1797. The Clairborne collection at the Mississippi State Archives has four copies of this document--the original (recipient copy), a duplicate, a triplicate, and another contemporary copy. Additional copies can also be found as Document 2 of James McHenry, Report of the Secretary of War to the President, 06/30/1797--both in manuscript and printed versions.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
Capt. Isaac Guion
James McHenry
troops
notable location
War Office
Indian territory
Spanish Territory
notable item/thing
pay
fortification materials
document number
1797061000101
page start
1
number of pages
1
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Document instances
In image | In source | Location in source | |
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[view document] (2 pages) | EWD02 (9 pages) | Collection: Clairborne (JFH) Collection | Guion Papers, B:10 |
[view document] (1 pages) | EWC19 (1 pages) | Collection: Clairborne (JFH) Collection | [unknown] |
Document names
Type | Name | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Author | James McHenry | War Office | [n/a] |
Recipient | Isaac Guion | [unknown] | [n/a] |