1To George Washington from Benjamin Tupper, 23 November 1786 (Washington Papers)
I did myself the honor at the close of the Season last year to give your Excellency a hint, with respect to our ill success we have been in some measure more fortunate the last season and have completed four ranges of Townships —four more are begun, some of which were not far proceded on, by reason of certain information reciev’d, of the hostile disposition of the Indians in particular with...
2To George Washington from Benjamin Tupper, 26 October 1785 (Washington Papers)
We have just returned to this place from an unsucessful attempt to Survey the Western Territory, Coll Parker who will deliver this will be able to inform your Excellency the reasons of our not succeeding agreeable to our wishes—I am greatly charmed with the Country, it exceeds any I ever saw, and I know of nothing that will prevent me Commenceing one of the first adventurers in that...