Henry Knox : miscellaneous papers, 1787-1793.

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Henry Knox : miscellaneous papers, 1787-1793.

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Contemporary copies. Primarily extracts, all relating to some aspect of Knox's attempts to keep peace between the U.S. and Spain while U.S. commissioners were in Madrid negotiating for free navigation of the Mississippi River. Excerpts from four letters, 1787-1788, from Knox to General Harmar regarding John Sullivan and letters he wrote to Don Diego Gardoqui and Major William Brown. One letter approves Harmar's courtesy visit to the Spanish commandant at St. Louis; extracts from three letters, 1790-1792, from Knox to military officers and an Indian agent stressing the need for tact and courtesy in dealing with the Spanish; extract from Knox's instructions to Arthur St. Clair, 21 Mar. 1791, regarding a proclamation made necessary by "certain companies" buying up Indian lands in Ga., and a Dr. James O'Fallon is levying troops illegally in Ky. for "making establishments" on the lands. Also includes extracts from three letters, 1792, from and to James Seagrove referring to Knox's dealing with the activities of General Alexander McGillivray, a Creek Indian chief who successfully incited Indians to work with the Spanish against the Americans; and a message from Knox, 27 Apr. 1793, to the Chickasaw nation promising to supply them with arms, ammunition, and corn, and threatening them if they remained hostile.

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Gardoqui y Arriquibar, Diego, 1735-1798

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Spanish diplomat. From the description of Regulation of Diego de Gardoqui, 1793. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454126 Diego Gardoqui was a Spanish administrator. He, along with John Jay, was involved with the Jay-Gardoqui Treaty of 1789, which related to Spanish navigation of the Mississippi River. From the description of Letters to the marqués de Branciforte, 1796, March 21. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 7...

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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American revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Thomas Jefferson, 1793 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596665 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Henry Jackson, 1796 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596669 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Westpoint, to Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, 1782 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598200 ...

O'Fallon, James, 1749-1794

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Army officer. From the description of Letter of James O'Fallon, 1790. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454777 James O'Fallon (1749-1794) was born in Ireland and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He arrived in North Carolina in 1774 and served in the Revolution, first as a soldier and later as a senior Surgeon. After the war he moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where he practiced medicine and became involved in various state politics. In 1790 he was appointe...

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...

McGillivray, Alexander, approximately 1740-1793

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Harmar, Josiah, 1753-1813

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Army officer. From the description of Orderly book of Josiah Harmar, 1794. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068546 Lieutenent Colonel Josiah Harmar commanded the Pennsylvania troops at Camp Port Vincennes. From the description of Muster roll, 1787. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122625429 Soldier in American Revolution; brigadier-general, U.S. Army; adjutant-general of Pennsylvania. In 1790 he waged a campaign near Fort Wayne, ...