331To George Washington from Henry Knox, 3 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit to your consideration letters just received from General Wayne. I have the honor to be with greatest respect Your obedient Servant LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . After receiving notice of the failure of Indian commissioners Benjamin Lincoln, Timothy Pickering, and Beverley Randolph to achieve a peace treaty with the hostile Indians of the Northwest Territory, Gen....
332To George Washington from Henry Knox, 7 July 1789 (Washington Papers)
The report of the 23d of May 1789 on the treaties at Fort Harmar, by the Governor of the Western Territory, and the paper Number One of the Indian Department, contain such a general statement of the circumstances relative to the Indian tribes, within the limits of the United States, North West of the Ohio, as will probably render their situation sufficiently understood. The Numbers, two,...
333Henry Knox to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 16 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
Please to submit, the enclosed draft of a letter to the respective Governors relatively to the law for drafting the eighty thousand Militia, to the President. I am Sir Your humble Servant LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . GW approved the draft on this date ( JPP Dorothy Twohig, ed. The Journal of the Proceedings of the President, 1793–1797 . Charlottesville, Va., 1981. , 303). The circular, which...
334Henry Knox to Tobias Lear, 28 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
I enclose you a copy of the President’s Note of this morning, and also two letters from Governor Blount—one dated the 24th of January, and the other the 1st of February, and also a letter from General Sevier of the 6th of February 1793. I am, Dear Sir, Your very humble Servt LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . See GW to Knox, 28 Feb. 1793 . William Blount, in his letter to Knox of 24 Jan., enclosed...
335Henry Knox to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 11 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
Please to Submit the enclosed letters from Governor Shelby and Genl A. Campbell to the President of the United States. yours Sincerely LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . In a letter of 10 Jan., Kentucky governor Isaac Shelby wrote Knox in order “to call the Attention of the President of the United States to the defenceless situation of the frontiers of this state.” In expectation of being “vigorously...
336Henry Knox to Tobias Lear, 1 December 1792 (Washington Papers)
Be pleased to submit the enclosed letter to the President of the United States from Colonel Willet which I have just received. Yours sincerely ALS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . The enclosed letter from Marinus Willett has not been identified.
337To George Washington from Henry Knox, 30 December 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit to your view a note of Mr Rutherford of the Senate and my answer thereto containing principles of the solidity of which I am fully convinced. I have the honor to be with the greatest respect Sir Your obedient servant LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . John Rutherfurd’s letter to Knox of 12 Dec. raised the claim of Staats Morris for an army promotion. Believing that Knox had...
338To George Washington from Henry Knox, 16 July 1793 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit to you the letters brought by the express from the South Western Territory, relatively to the barbarous murder committed by the Whites on some friendly Cherokees. I have the honor to be with the greatest respect Your obedt Servant LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . The express brought Knox a letter written at Knoxville on 13 June by Daniel Smith, the secretary of the...
339To George Washington from Henry Knox, 18 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit a draft of a letter to the Governors, and to the commanding Officers of Militia of certain Ports to the southward, which are out of the route of the residence of the Governors. I have the honor to be Sir with perfect respect Your obedient Servant LS , DLC:GW : LB , DLC:GW . In a circular letter of this date to the maritime governors and militia officers, Knox wrote:...
340Henry Knox to Tobias Lear, 6 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
Please to submit the enclosed letters from Governors Moultrie and Blount to the President of the United States. Yours sincerely LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . Knox’s clerk dated this letter “6 April” on the LS . Lear correctly docketed it as having been written on “6 Feby 1793” and inserted “Feby” above “April” in the dateline. Gov. William Moultrie of South Carolina, in his letter to Knox of 14...
341Henry Knox to Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 16 December 1794 (Washington Papers)
Please to submit to the President of the U.S., the enclosed letters from Genl Wayne of the 17th October, (duplicate the first not received) and the 12th of Novr. They have been just received I have not perused the enclosures conceiving it proper that the President should see the letters as early as possible in the morning as some measures may be proper to be taken thereon in order to lay them...
342To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Knox, 24 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to transmit you, the enclosed letter, dated the 20th. inst: received this day, from the Governor of Maryland, with sundry depositions, relative to the augmentation of force alledged to have been received in the port of Baltimore by the French Privateer Schooner Industry, and the capture of the Brig Cunningham by the Sans Cullotes of Marseilles. I have the honor also to inclose...
343To George Washington from Henry Knox, 5 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
I beg leave respectfully to submit as my opinion that General Chapin should be authorised to offer Captain Brant, an Annuity for life, a sum not less than One thousand nor more than one thousand five hundred Dollars, agreable to the tenor of the letter herewith submitted to General Chapin. If this letter sir should receive your approbation Captain Williamson will undertake to deliver it...
344To George Washington from Henry Knox, 17 July 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit to your consideration John Nicholson as a proper person to superintend the Armoury intended to be established at Germantown, and David Ames as a proper person to superintend the Armoury to be established at Springfield. I have the honor to be with perfect respect Your obedient Servant LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . John Nicholson (c.1737-1807), a Philadelphia gunsmith,...
345To George Washington from Henry Knox, 7 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit to you, the substance of the intelligence I have been able to obtain, relatively to the designs of certain people in Kentucky, and also in Georgia. I am, Most respectfully, Sir. Your obedient Servt LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . The enclosed intelligence has not been identified with certainty, but it apparently concerned proposed expeditions into Spanish territory. The...
346To George Washington from Henry Knox, 15 May 1792 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to inform you, that yesterday I received letters, from governor Blount, dated the 22’d of April, of more pacific appearance, than the one of the 14th of April to Doctor Williamson. Mr Shaw, and the Bloody Fellow, and other Cherokees who left this city the 19th of February, were on the 22’nd, within four miles of governor Blount; all well. The said indians had generally been...
347To George Washington from Henry Knox, 30 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
I submit to your Consideration a letter proposed to be written to the Governor of South Carolina in consequence of a private letter received by Mr John Ross of this Town of which the enclosed is an extract. The Secretaries of State and Treasury approved the draft now submitted. I have the honor to be with perfect respect Your obedient Servant LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . Knox’s letter to...
348Enclosure: A Statement of the Troops in the Service of the United States, 8 August 1789 (Washington Papers)
The establishment as directed to be raised and organized by the acts of Congress of the 3rd of October 1787. To wit. One Regiment of Infantry. Consisting of 1 Lieutenant Colonel Commandant. 2 Majors 7 Captains 7 Lieutenants 8 Ensigns 1 Surgeon 4 Mates. eight companies, each of which to consist of four Serjeants— four Corporals—two musicians and Sixty privates 560 One Battalion of Artillery 1...
349To George Washington from Henry Knox, 26 November 1793 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit to you, a copy of a letter transmitted this day to the Governor of New York, and which is in pursuance of the rules heretofore adopted—Colonel Hamilton was present and approved of it, and it does not appear that any other answer can be given to the Governor’s letter of the 24th, than to acknowledge the same, and adhere to the letter of to day. I have the honor to be,...
350Henry Knox to Tobias Lear, 25 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
Be pleased to submit the enclosed letters from Major Habersham, and Major Gaither to the President of the United States. Yours ALS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . The letters from John Habersham to Knox of 23 and 29 April, which have not been identified, concerned the readiness of the Georgia militia ( JPP, Dorothy Twohig, ed. The Journal of the Proceedings of the President, 1793–1797 ....
351To George Washington from Henry Knox, 27 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
I Submit to your consideration, the draft of a letter to Governor Blount, and another to The Hanging Maw. Also a letter to The Secretary of the Territory of the United States south of the Ohio. I have the honor to be, with the greatest respect, Your obt Servt LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . The War Department clerk erroneously wrote the date on the LS as 1796. References to this letter and its...
352To 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...
353To George Washington from Henry Knox, 12 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit sundry communications from Jas Seagrove, and also a letter from Governor Moultrie—May 29th. I am sir respectfully your humble Servant ALS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . James Seagrove’s letter to Knox of 28 May and William Moultrie’s letter to Knox of 29 May have not been identified. Seagrove’s letter to Knox of 16 May also may have been among the enclosed communications (...
354To George Washington from Henry Knox, 23 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary at war having examined the Negotiations of the Governor of the Western territory with certain northern and north western Indians, and the treaties made in consequence thereof at Fort Harmar on the 9th of January 1789, begs leave to Report. That The several treaties of peace which have been made with the northern tribes of Indians, and those North west of the Ohio, since the...
355To Alexander Hamilton from Henry Knox, 1 May 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I have the honor to transmit you the enclosed extract of a letter, received this day, from Major General Wayne, dated the 10th of March 1794 complaining, in a pointed manner of the very inferior quality of the Hats and Shoes furnished by the contractors of Clothing for the last year. The President of the United States to whom this subject has been submitted is of opinion that the Contractors...
356To George Washington from Henry Knox, 9 July 1791 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary at War having by order of the President of the United States, taken into his serious consideration, a Letter written by Major Richard Call, commanding Officer of the troops of the United States, to Messrs Speir and McLeod & Company dated the 2d of June—humbly Reports. That all evidence whereon the said Letter may have been been grounded is entirely wanting, and therefore no...
357To George Washington from Henry Knox, 11 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
That he has had further conversations with Doctor White, and also perused a report of a Committee of Congress herein enclosed relatively to the defence of Mero district. That the Inhabitants of the said district amounting to about fifteen thousand, thrust out into the Wilderness and one hundred & sixty Miles from any succour and greatly exposed to Banditti Indians seem intitled to receive a...
358To George Washington from Henry Knox, 11 February 1790 (Washington Papers)
(Private) New York the 11th February 1790 From the firmest persuasion of mind that you will receive this note with the same cordiality that it is dictated, permit me my dear dear friend to felicitate you on the return of your birth day. This effusion of an heart-felt affection, as far removed from a cold compliment to your present political station, as the extreme effulgence of the sun is to...
359To George Washington from Henry Knox, 3 December 1794 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to submit to your consideration, the draft of a letter to Major General Wayne; which it is proposed to send off to morrow. I am, most respectfully, Sir, Your obedt Servt LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . GW’s secretary Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., replied to Knox on this date, “By the President’s order B. Dandridge respectfully returns to the Secy of War the dft of a letter for Genl...
360To George Washington from Henry Knox, 4 December 1794 (Washington Papers)
Upon further reflection, and examination of the charges exhibited by Brigadier General Wilkinson, against Major General Wayne, and consulting Colonel Hamilton thereon, it has been conceived proper to submit the letter to General Wilkinson in the shape it now has, for your consideration. I have the honor to be Sir, with perfect Respect, Your obedt Servt LS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . Knox wrote...