1To George Washington from Henry Knox, 7 August 1790 (Washington Papers)
Having received your directions to endevor to negociate a treaty of peace and friendship with the chiefs of the creek nation of Indians ⟨ illegible ⟩ comferably as far as possible to the general principles agreed to by the Senate in Augt 1789 I have the honor to inform you that in consequence thereof and by virtue of your Commission for that purpose I have this day signed a treaty with the...
2To George Washington from Henry Knox, 29 August 1790 (Washington Papers)
In answer to your secret communication of the 27th instant, and the questions stated therein I humbly beg leave to observe, That the United States, by not being under the obligation of any treaty, either with Spain or England, are in a situation, to grant, or deny, the passage of troops, through their territory, as they shall judge fit. The granting or refusing therefore the expected demand of...
3To George Washington from Henry Knox, 8 September 1790 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to transmit to you, a letter from Governor Telfair of the 20th of July, containing enclosures relative to the murder of a Creek Indian. The measures which he has taken to discover the murderer and his abettor and bring them to punishment, seem to be satisfactory and to preclude the necessity of any thing further being done on the part of the general government. As to the...
4To George Washington from Henry Knox, 25 October 1790 (Washington Papers)
Having been unavoidably longer detained at Boston, than I expected, I did not return to this place until the 22nd instant, and I shall this day set out for Philadelphia to make the necessary arrangements to remove my office and family to that city. No events of sufficient importance have arisen in my department to warrant my troubling you with particular details at present—But as the...