Papers, 1772-1950 (bulk 1779-1867).

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Papers, 1772-1950 (bulk 1779-1867).

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The collection contains papers and correspondence, notebooks, daybooks, and ledgers. Armstrong's papers deal with his military career, and include letters and reports to James Wilkinson, Arthur St. Clair, and Anthony Wayne; and accounts and orders for Forts Pitt, Finney, Hamilton, and Washington. Topics include military supplies and relations with Indians and settlers. Business papers concern his mercantile business and land speculation and include account books for his general store. Other materials deal with his service as Northwest Territory treasurer and Justice of the Peace of Hamilton County, Ohio; and items regarding claims of a member of George Rogers Clark's Illinois expedition. Also included are papers of Armstrong's father-in-law, William Goforth, dealing with his businesses in New York City and Cincinnati; and court records from Hamilton County, Ohio, where he was a judge. Papers of Armstrong's son, William G., include correspondence with his mother, Tabitha Armstrong Lockhart, and other family; correspondence concerning the Whig Party in Indiana; and papers relating to the Jeffersonville Railroad Company. Also included is family correspondence of William G. Armstrong, Jr., and notes of Armstrong's biographer, Charles F. Cochran.

26 boxes, 1 oversize box, 6 reels microfilm, and 2 bound v. (9 linear feet)

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Armstrong, William G., 1797-1858.

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Cochran, Charles F., 1875-1963.

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Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818

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Surveyor; noted Indian fighter in the American midwest in the latter half of the 18th century. From the description of Documents, 1778-1818. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28287330 American Revolutionary Colonel in the Old Northwest. Clark first came to Detroit from Cleveland in 1817, and was followed by his parents in a commercial fisherman and deputy collector of customs in China, Mich. (from M.P.C., I, 501-507: Clark's "Recollections".) (blue ...

United States. Continental Army

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In response to the expansion of the Continental Army the number of staff was increased and reorganized in 1776. Changes included the creation of a new unit to supplement George Washington's personal staff. This special unit, the Commander in Chief's Guard, was formed on March 12, 1776 with Captain Caleb Gibbs (formerly adjutant of the 14th Continental Regiment and appointed Aid to Major General Greene) as commander. The unit protected Washington, the army's cash, and official papers. ...

Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

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Anthony Wayne was a soldier and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1780. From the description of Receipt book, 1785-1792. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122540852 Wayne was one of the great generals in the Revolutionary War. Here he was an Indian fighter. From the description of DS, 1795 November 16 : Greenville. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14283513 U.S. representative from Geor...

Armstrong, John, 1755-1816

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John Armstrong was a soldier, merchant, and land speculator. A soldier from 1776 to 1793, he was commandant at Forts Pitt and Hamilton, and participated in the campaigns of Harmar and St. Clair. After retiring from the army, Armstrong ran a general store near Cincinnati and speculated in land. He also served as Justice of the Peace in Hamilton County, Ohio, and as treasurer of the Northwest Territory. From the description of Papers, 1772-1950 (bulk 1779-1867). (Indiana Historical Soc...

Goforth, William, 1731-1807

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825

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James Wilkinson was born in Maryland and served as an officer in the American Revolution. In 1783 he settled in Kentucky, where he engaged in politics, land speculation, and trade. In 1805 he was appointed governor of Upper Louisiana. Wilkinson's activities in the West implicated him in the Spanish Conspiracy and the Burr Conspiracy; he was acquitted by a court of inquiry during the Burr investigation and by a court martial in 1811. He served as a military commander in the West during the War of...

Whig Party (Ind.)

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Jeffersonville Railroad Co.

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Indiana. Congress.

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St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818

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Born in Thurso, Scotland, 1734, o.s. ; studied medicine in Edinburgh; served in the British Army in America, 1757-1762; surveyor of Cumberland, 1770; colonel of Pennsylvania militia, 1775; brigadier general, 1777 to the close of the Revolution; commander of the Army, 1791-1792; delegate to the Constitutional Congress, 1785-1787, and president, 1787; governor of Northwest Territory, 1789-1802; died in Greensburg, Pa., August 31, 1818. (Bio. Cong. Dir., 1928 ed. ; Dic. Am.Biog. --gives b. date, 17...

Lockhart, Tabitha Armstrong, d. 1848.

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