Instructions to the Commissioners
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Instructions to the Commissioners
Description
Instructions to Benjamin Lincoln, Beverley Randolph, and Timothy Pickering, Commissioners appointed for treating with the Indians northwest of the Ohio.
year created
1793
month created
12
day created
04
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in collection
note
Enclosed in Knox to US Senate, 12/04/1793.
recipient note
Benjamin Lincoln; Beverly Randolph; Timothy Pickering.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
Benjamin Lincoln of Massachusetts
Beverley Randolph of Virginia
Timothy Pickering of Pennsylvania
Henry Knox
Commissioners to negotiate with the hostile Indians
the President [Washington]
Five Nations of Indians
Wyanadots
Delawares
Ottawas
Puchonchehelas
British troops
General Clarke
Wabash tribes
General Putnam
prisoners
agents of the United States
traders
murderers
robbers
thieves
society of Friends [Quakers]
John Heckewelder, a Moravian teacher
influential chiefs
Major General Wayne
British agents Butler and McKee
General Hull
Jasper Parrish
James Dean
William Wilson
James Rankin
General Schuyler
notable location
Philadelphia
Lake Erie
Great Miami
New York
Albany
fort Stanwix
Wood Creek
Oswego
Niagara
Schenectady
Mohawk River
notable item/thing
Indian war
negotiation
scene of hostilities protection due frontier citizens
peace between Great Britain and France
treaty of Fort Harmar
fair purchase and sale [of land]
treaty of Fort McIntosh or the Miami
liberal compensation
Hutchin's map
boundaries
right of soil
tariff of articles
[annuity]
relinquishment of lands
compensation
general confederacy of all the tribes
patronage
death
robberies
horse stealing
Indian customs and manners
silver ornaments
offensive movements of the whites
council of Au Glaize
Shawanese and Delaware tongues [languages]
boats
notable phrase
You will in all your negotiations carefully guard the general rights of pre-emption of the United States to the Indian country against all other nations and individuals as established by the treaty of 1783 with Great Britain. But, in describing these rights to the Indians, you will impress them with the idea that we concede to them fully the right and possession of the soil as long as they desire to occupy the same
but, when they choose to sell any portion of the country, it must be sold only to the United States who will protect the Indians against all imposition.
document number
1793042600000
Item sets
Document instances
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Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Benjamin Lincoln | [unknown] | Additional recipients: Beverley Ranolph and Timothy Pickering. |