Indians
Title | Daily Entry |
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02 April 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. Thomas Jefferson returned the letters of James Seagrove, agent to the Creek Indians, to GW and also sent the names of three candidates for the office of Treasurer of the U.S. |
01 April 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW sent Thomas Jefferson a letter from Gouverneur Morris of 27 Dec. 1791. GW also approved Jefferson’s draft of a letter to S.C. Gov. |
31 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW’s personal secretary Tobias Lear sent Thomas Jefferson letters from James Seagrove, agent to the Creek Indians. |
23 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW sent the Five Nations a speech, “to cement the peace between the United States and you,” and a white belt of wampum. |
21 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. Thomas Jefferson sent GW his letter to the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, which included Samuel Blodget’s proposed loan to finance projects in the federal city. |
20 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote Congress asking for a bill that authorized more than one brigadier general, since military forces had recently been increased for defending the frontier. |
19 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to Bryan Fairfax regarding the settlement of the estate of Margaret Green Savage, which had plagued him with issues since the 1760’s. |
16 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. At GW’s order, his personal secretary Tobias Lear sent Secretary of War Henry Knox an enclosure from the officers of the district of Ky. |
14 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. The Commissioners for the District of Columbia wrote GW about their regrets that former federal city designer Pierre L’Enfant’s temper made it impossible to work with him. |
13 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. Senator Aaron Burr wrote GW regarding Indian relations in the Western Territories, adding his opinion that peace was possible. Va. |