81To George Washington from Henry Knox, 15 August 1791 (Washington Papers)
I have traced the report relative to the powder to its fountain head. At present it has rather the complexion of rivalship in Trade. The persons who have originated the Report, own powder Mills, and are of opinion that Jacob Lush who works for them, makes better powder than Jacob Keyser, who works for Joseph Miller from whom the powder in question was Obtained. I shall however tomorrow, have...
82To George Washington from Henry Knox, 17 August 1791 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of War having examined the Report of Colonel Timothy Pickering, Commissioner at a late Council or treaty of the five Nations of Indians, so called, at Tioga Point—humbly Reports to the President of the United States: That the main object of the said Council was to conciliate the said Indians, to prevent their listening to the invitations of the western hostile Indians, by...
83To George Washington from Henry Knox, 27 August 1791 (Washington Papers)
War Department [Philadelphia] 27 August 1791. Informs GW that Lieutenant Sherman of the Rhode Island Company of the Second U.S. Regiment “has left his company on the march” and desires to resign his commission: “from received knowledge of his character, . . . his resignation will not injure the service.” LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . Lt. Henry Sherman, Jr. (1759–1829), served as an officer of...
84To John Adams from Henry Knox, 28 August 1791 (Adams Papers)
I am sorry to inform you that Your faithful Steward Braidsly has been and still is very sick with an intermitting fever. This is not the worse of it for both his children have the same disorder and his wife has indications of the same nature. We shall with great pleasure afford them every aid which they may require. I have been confined for some time past with the same vile disorder, as have...
85To John Adams from Henry Knox, 4 September 1791 (Adams Papers)
I wrote you last Week informing you of the sickness of your steward and his Children. I have now the pleasure to say they are on the recovery. He is much better and the children are in a fair train—Their disorder appears to have been the worm fever, and he participated of the same sort of fever, although evidently mixed with the bilious fever— The sick part of our family consisting of myself...
86To George Washington from Henry Knox, 5 September 1791 (Washington Papers)
[Philadelphia] 5 September 1791. Encloses the resignation of Thomas Seayres, “who was appointed an Ensign on the 30th of April 1790, and a Lieutenant on the 4th of March last—But he never joined the troops, and therefore his resignation is not to be regretted.” LS , DLC:GW . Thomas Seayres (Thomson, Thompson Sayres), son of Col. John Seayres (d. 1777), was commissioned an ensign in February...
87To John Adams from Henry Knox, 11 September 1791 (Adams Papers)
Mr Braidsly and his family are recovering fast. But Mrs. Knox and myself have received a blow which demands all our fortitude On tuesday last our lovely son Marcus in his ninth year was blooming with health, and on Wednesday night he was a lifeless corps. In the afternoon of tuesday he began to droop which continued through the night. And on Wednesday but which the Doctor and we conceived to...
88To George Washington from Henry Knox, 16 September 1791 (Washington Papers)
General Irwin has received a letter from Mr Brown of Kentuckey, via Richmond which renders General Wilkinsons success and return indisputable. The following is the extract “Danville 22d Augt 1791. An express from Genl Wilkinson has this moment reached this place informing of his success. He has destroyed a large indian Town, situated on the forks of the Wabash, also a kickapoo Town containing...
89To George Washington from Henry Knox, 19 September 1791 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to transmit a copy of a letter from Major Genl St Clair dated at Danville in Kentucky on the 23d ultimo, which is confirmative of Genl Wilkinsons success. I have not yet received Genl St Clairs prior letters of the 8th of August and the one from Lexington. I should presume his business at Kentucky was to make up what he might have deemed a deficiency of numbers. Major Doughty...
90To George Washington from Henry Knox, 22 September 1791 (Washington Papers)
The Minister of France has written me a Letter of which the enclosed is a copy —As this crisis of affairs is of the highest importance to the essential interests of France; and as it appears a singular opportunity for the United States, to manifest their zeal to repay in some degree the assistance afforded us during the perilous struggles of the late war, I have assured him of every aid in my...