Request for escort to accompany survey of Miami Purchase
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Request for escort to accompany survey of Miami Purchase
Description
Ludlow informed Hodgdon that he made application to the Commandant of troops at Fort Washington, conformable to instructions from Secretary of Treasury, for an escort to accompany him while on survey of lands from Miami Purchase, also known as Symmes Purchase, located in what is now Southwestern Ohio, along the Ohio River. The survey would be conducted with the aid of woodsmen who would act as spies and warn of approaching danger. Ludlow described terms of payment
year created
1792
month created
01
day created
04
author
sent from location
Fort Washington
recipient
in collection
note
Partly illegible.
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
Israel Ludlow
John Cleves Symmes
surveyor
Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of Treasury
Miami
War Office
War Department
notable location
Fort Washington
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ohio
Philadelphia
notable idea/issue
Symmes Purchase
Miami Purchase
document number
1792010480001
page start
1
number of pages
4
