1To Thomas Jefferson from George Slaughter, 8 December 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
Inclosed are Copies of letters from Capt. George the Commanding officer at Fort Jefferson and Capt. Williams from the same place to Colo. Clark, also an original letter sent by Capt. Helm, by which you will learn the situation of the Officers in that Quarter. Such a number of Officers leaving their Posts, and so many of the Men Deserting, together with the Conduct of the Commertial Agent and...
2To Thomas Jefferson from George Slaughter, 10 January 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Louisville, 10 Jan. 1781. Last May on the Monongahela, Slaughter purchased, for the building of boats, $396 worth of timber from William Bruce and £968.8 worth of plank from Benjamin Kuykendall, for which receipts were given on 15 and 17 May last, respectively. Is informed that these receipts were refused by the Council for want of authorization, but the claims are just and should be paid. RC...
3To Thomas Jefferson from George Slaughter, 14 January 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the Honour to inclose to your Excellency letters from two Gentlemen at Auposte and copys of several others from Kaskaskias directed to Colo. Clark and Colo. Todd. I have taken the Depositions of three persons which coroborates with the contents of these letters and have enclosed them also, for the consideration of your Board. The Contents of the letters from the two French Gentlemen...
4To Thomas Jefferson from George Slaughter, 15 January 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Louisville, 15 Jan. 1781. Having appointed an assistant to complete purchases to be made on the Monongahela, Slaughter proceeded to Louisville and, on arrival, began purchasing beef and salt, the supply of which is sufficient; has drawn bills in favor of James Sullivan and David Standford for the purchase and delivery of provisions “from Hunters that would not credit the state,” and hopes they...
5To Thomas Jefferson from George Slaughter, 15 January 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Louisville, 15 Jan. 1781. Has been obliged to purchase a quantity of shoe leather, whiskey, tobacco, flour, and a boat; drew a bill in favor of Simon Triplett for £11,874 which he hopes will be paid, “Particularly as these articles were furnished me at the same price he was selling them at for ready money.” Also drew bill on the 13th instant in favor of Sandford Edwards for £21,320 for beef....
6To Thomas Jefferson from George Slaughter, 17 January 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Yesterday Capt. Shannon who is a Commissary of Purchases for this department apply’d to me to Countersign Sundry Bills which he had drawn for Purchases that he had made here. Colo. Clark under whose appointment he Acts being absent was the cause of this Application. It being the first of the kind and my knowing very little about the Purchases together with the several sums amounting to...
7To Thomas Jefferson from George Slaughter, 19 January 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
By information by Letters from North side Kentucky and every coroborating circumstance, I have the greatest reason to believe that there has a young Man by the Name of Whitsyl , who has been a Captive for two or three years past among the Shawnese Indians, made his escape from a detach’d party come over from the main body, who were hunting on the Ohio, in order to lay in provisions for the...
8To Thomas Jefferson from George Slaughter, 22 January 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you by express the 19th instant giving an account of the news brought to us by a prisoner that made his escape from the Shawneese Indians; to which I refer you, the account brought by him is so well authenticated by the inclosed Letters and deposition that I’ve thought proper to dispatch another express, in consequence of which have also sent another Messenger to Fort Jefferson to meet...
9To Thomas Jefferson from George Slaughter, 13 April 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
As the inclosed copy of the proceedings of the Commissioners appointed to examine into the conduct of Captain James Francis Moore purchasing Commissary for this department by which you will observe that I have not proved the charge against that Gentleman I have nothing to say in justification of my conduct more than that I had put too much confidence in the information whom I before thought...
10To Thomas Jefferson from George Slaughter, 14 April 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Salt River, 14 Apr. 1781 . Encloses a copy of the proceedings of the commissioners to examine into the conduct of Capt. William Shannon, commissary in the western department. Having failed to prove the charges he made against Shannon, Slaughter hopes “that no part of the information formerly given by me, will further injure him in your esteem.” RC ( Vi ); 3 p., including enclosure; addressed...
11To Thomas Jefferson from George Slaughter, 18 April 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Inclos’d you will recieve sundry Letters and Copys for your perusal, a Copy of the proceedings of the Commissioners against the Commissaries wou’d also been sent but on my application to Colo. John Floyd by Letter I did not recieve it for what reasons I am at a loss to determine he promising Verbally to wait on me yesterday. The Savages have been very troublesome this Spring; almost every...
12To Thomas Jefferson from George Slaughter, 31 May 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Haveing never recieved any kind of Clothing, or pay shall be much oblig’d to you to let the bearer Mr. Chapman Austin have what money due me, Capt. Benjamin Roberts and Eight months pay for Ensign William Roberts, if not already drawn by Lieutenant Saunders. As to the news of this place I refer you to Mr. Austin who appeares to be an intelligle young Gentleman & I am Yr Excellencies Mo. Ob....