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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Arthur St. Clair

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05876 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document Date: 24 April 1793 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22.9 x 18.7 cm. Order a Copy

Later copy made from the original in November 1856. Reports that President George Washington directed him to inform St. Clair that proposed treaty negotiations between the U.S. and the hostile Indians north of the Ohio River is to take place at Lower Sandusky around 1 June. To guarantee the success of the negotiations it is necessary to make sure "all hostile incursions of the white inhabitants into, or near to the Indian Country north of the Ohio, should be absolutely prohibited, until after the Treaty be closed." The commander of the troops has been ordered to make a proclamation to that effect. Asks St. Clair to take measures to prevent violence during these negotiations.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818

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