III: Washington’s Preface to Henry Knox’s Statement on the Causes of the Indian War, c.25 Jan. 1792

III.

Washington’s Preface to Henry Knox’s Statement on the Causes of the Indian War, c.25 Jan. 1792

United States [Philadelphia] January 16th 1792.

Sir,

As the circumstances which have engaged the U. S. in the present Indian war, may, some of them, be out of the public recollection, and others, perhaps unknown, it appears adviseable that you prepare & publish, from authentic documents, a statement of those circumstances, as well as of the measures which have been taken from time to time for the re-establishment of peace & friendship.

When the Community are called upon for considerable exertions to relieve a part which is suffering under the hand of an enemy, it is desireable to manifest that due pains have been taken by those entrusted with the administration of their affairs to avoid the evil.

Go: W——n

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Title: III: Washington’s Preface to Henry Knox’s Statement on the Causes of the Indian War, c.25 Jan. 1792
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Date: 16 January 1792

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Cite as: “III: Washington’s Preface to Henry Knox’s Statement on the Causes of the Indian War, c.25 Jan. 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-09-02-0296-0004. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 9, 23 September 1791 – 29 February 1792, ed. Mark A. Mastromarino. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000, p. 507.]