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Winthrop Sargent To Henry Knox About The Accounts Of The Ohio Company 17 December 1787
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Book Synopsis Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox about the Accounts of the Ohio Company, 17 December 1787 by : Winthrop Sargent
Download or read book Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox about the Accounts of the Ohio Company, 17 December 1787 written by Winthrop Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1787 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forwards letters regarding the Ohio Company accounts. Writes that he has heard General Armstrong resigned from his position as a judge of the Federal Territories. Asks that if this is true, Knox put in a good word for my friend Mr [Manasseh] Cutler to your Friends in Congress, to appoint Cutler a judge.
Book Synopsis Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox, 2 December 1787 by : Winthrop Sargent
Download or read book Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox, 2 December 1787 written by Winthrop Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1787 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses financial business in relation to the Ohio Company and the western lands. Signature clipped, resulting in text loss of the first portion of the letter. Stamped Boston.
Book Synopsis Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox about Proceedings of a Meeting of the Ohio Company, 2 September 1787 by : Winthrop Sargent
Download or read book Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox about Proceedings of a Meeting of the Ohio Company, 2 September 1787 written by Winthrop Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1787 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sargent sends the proceedings of a meeting of Ohio Company agents that took place 29 August (refer to GLC02437.03648). Notes that keeping part of their purchase out of sight had enhanced the value of the first [1000] shares. Offers Knox his opinions on the appointment of Western Officers for the company. Hopes that he [Sargent] will be appointed secretary. Asks Knox to let him know if there will be a treaty with the Native Americans in the Western Country.
Book Synopsis Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox about the Plans of the Ohio Company and Ratification of the Constitution by Massachusetts, 27 February 1788 by : Winthrop Sargent
Download or read book Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox about the Plans of the Ohio Company and Ratification of the Constitution by Massachusetts, 27 February 1788 written by Winthrop Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1788 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encloses a letter to be forwarded to General [Arthur] St. Clair. Had assumed he would meet St. Clair in New York and that an Indian treaty would be negotiated by St. Clair in April. Plans to remain in Boston until the meeting of the Ohio Company, to be held in March at Providence, Rhode Island. Refers to Ohio Company business, mentioning Captain [Thomas] Hutchins. Mentions the majority by which the United States Constitution was passed in Massachusetts.
Book Synopsis Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox Concerning Territory in the Ohio Valley Region, 8 February 1787 by : Winthrop Sargent
Download or read book Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox Concerning Territory in the Ohio Valley Region, 8 February 1787 written by Winthrop Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1787 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writes to Knox concerning territory in the Ohio valley region and mentions surveys he took of the land. Entrusts Knox with his papers. States that he sent a copy of his papers to the Board of Treasury as well and is possibly negotiating the sale of a tract of western land. Feels the need to defend his actions by stating I have the Satisfaction to know that no Injury can have accrued to the Public from my mode of Conduct, & that my Townships (such as they are) are absolutely in addition to what was expected & intended should have been surveyed in the last Season, & that, but For my inclosed address...I would have been employ'd with [Sprout ?] in the 4th Range which would, indisputably, Then have been the Exterior Survey. Watermarked E & A and a hunting horn inside a crest with GR underneath.
Book Synopsis Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox about the Constitution, the Ohio Company and Knox's Health, 3 February 1788 by : Winthrop Sargent
Download or read book Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox about the Constitution, the Ohio Company and Knox's Health, 3 February 1788 written by Winthrop Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1788 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expresses his regret that Knox has rheumatism. Expects that Massachusetts will adopt the Constitution. Discusses several delegates who advocated its adoption. Mentions [John] Hancock's publication in the [Massachusetts] Centinel 2 February 1788, which according to Sargent stated that we should ratify &c. & propose certain Amendments... Asks if General [Arthur] St. Clair will hold a treaty with an unspecified tribe of Native Americans and discusses business of the Ohio Company. Free stamped on address leaf with no signature.
Book Synopsis Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox Discussing Shares and Shareholders of the Ohio Company, Approximately 2 March 1788 by : Winthrop Sargent
Download or read book Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox Discussing Shares and Shareholders of the Ohio Company, Approximately 2 March 1788 written by Winthrop Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1788 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses shares and shareholders of the Ohio Company. Encloses a pamphlet (not included but possibly related to GLC02437.03815), and asks Knox to forward it to Platt. Month and day are given; year is written in pencil at a later date.
Book Synopsis Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox Regarding the Settlement of Ohio, 29 September 1789 by : Winthrop Sargent
Download or read book Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox Regarding the Settlement of Ohio, 29 September 1789 written by Winthrop Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1789 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apparently sends condolences to the Knox family (likely regarding the recent death of one of Knox's children). Writes that he would be happy to receive a line from Knox and answer any questions Knox might have about Sargent's area of the country. Is anxious for the Governor to arrive, because he needs to determine which lands the Governor would like to settle on, so that Sargent can set up his own home and agricultural fields. Discusses the military staff present in Ohio and the prospects of Congress sending more people. Free stamped on address leaf with no signature.
Book Synopsis Henry Knox to Winthrop Sargent about Army-militia Organization and Security in Ohio [copy], 19 May 1791 by : Henry Knox
Download or read book Henry Knox to Winthrop Sargent about Army-militia Organization and Security in Ohio [copy], 19 May 1791 written by Henry Knox and published by . This book was released on 1791 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Later copy. Written by Knox as Secretary at War to Major Sargent. References receiving Sargent's letters of 20 April and 1 and 2 May. Says the difficulties in connection with calling out the militia by an order to a subordinate officer of a state will continue until Congress fixes it. Hopes the large bodies of regular troops will provide security in the Ohio Territory, making any calls on the militia unnecessary. Says Colonel Ebenezer Sproat seems to deserve compensation for his services and that the matter will be handled soon.
Book Synopsis Henry Knox to Winthrop Sargent about the Reconvening of Congress, the Yellow Fever and Troops in Ohio [copy], 13 October 1793 by : Henry Knox
Download or read book Henry Knox to Winthrop Sargent about the Reconvening of Congress, the Yellow Fever and Troops in Ohio [copy], 13 October 1793 written by Henry Knox and published by . This book was released on 1793 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Later copy. References Sargent's letter of 28 September. Believes Congress will meet in Philadelphia as the yellow fever appears to have dissipated. Believes a symbolic gesture that things are back to normal is necessary or all the American commerce will be injured in foreign countries. Encloses a letter from Fort Washington in Ohio (not included). Says the army marched from the Ohio River on 7 October with 3,000 volunteers and is expecting more. Written from Falls of Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, present day Philadelphia.
Book Synopsis Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox Regarding the Indian Threat in Ohio, 2 January 1792 by : Winthrop Sargent
Download or read book Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox Regarding the Indian Threat in Ohio, 2 January 1792 written by Winthrop Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1792 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written from Fort Washington, at present-day Cincinnati, Ohio. Asks Knox to attend to the accompanying letters, which outline confrontations between General [Arthur] St. Clair and Indians in the frontier, specifically in Kentucky. Wishes he had more information about the Indian towns. Would like information on how the government will protect the frontier region in during the upcoming season. Asks about the possibility of hiring some Chickasaw Indians to work within the army for upcoming campaigns.
Book Synopsis Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox about Resignation of William North, 13 March 1787 by : Winthrop Sargent
Download or read book Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox about Resignation of William North, 13 March 1787 written by Winthrop Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1787 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the resignation of Mr. [William] North, from the Inspector's Office. Alerts Knox that North may write to Knox and members of Congress in support of Sargent. Free stamped on address leaf with no signature. Appears to be docketed by Knox.
Book Synopsis Winthrop Sargent Papers and Correspondence, 1771-1788 by : Winthrop Sargent
Download or read book Winthrop Sargent Papers and Correspondence, 1771-1788 written by Winthrop Sargent and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: The correspondence and other papers in this folder cover Sargent's search for a government appointment; his two surveying trips to Ohio; his part in the formation and promotion of the Ohio Company; and his appointment as secretary of the Northwest Territory. Correspondence includes letters from Jeremy Belknap, expressing curiosity about the western country; Edward Carrington , on his purchase of Ohio Company shares; Crevecoeur, suggesting a name for the proposed company town on the Muskingum River; Major John Hamtramck, on military conditions in the Northwest Territory; Elnathan Haskell, on the Ohio Company venture; Thomas Hutchins, on Sargent's work as a surveyor; Rufus King and Henry Knox, relating to Sargent's pursuit of a government job; Robert Morris, criticizing schemes to encourage western settlement; George Turner, expressing his opinions of government, the Constitution, and the Ohio Company; and James Winthrop, enclosed with a report of barometrical observations made at Lake Champlain in 1786. The collection also contains a number of letters on the formation of the Ohio Company, its negotiations for land, and its sales promotions. In this correspondence are letters from Manasseh Cutler, Sargent's associate in negotiations with the Board of Treasury; William Duer, referring to the relationship between the Ohio Company and the Scioto group; Samuel Holden Parsons, including his estimation of the West as a possible "Safe Retreat" from the confusion and folly of government in the eastern states; Richard Platt, on Sargent's private finances, as well as Ohio Company business; and Rufus Putnam, on rumours that Sargent and Cutler were seeking private profit in their land negotiations. Among the Cutler letters is one to Jeremy Belknap recounting an expedition to the White Mountains. Scattered throughout the collection are papers related to the purchase of government land, as well as lists of Ohio Company receipts and shareholders. Among the latter is Sargent's stitched copy of the Articles of an Association by the Name of the Ohio Company (1786, 13 pages), with notations of the names of subscribers for whom he was agent. Sargent's own correspondence includes letters to Crevecoeur; to Ebenezer Hazard, defending his and Cutler's financial negotiations; to Thomas Hutchins; and a letter to Richard Platt on the possibility of obtaining European investment in the Ohio Company. Sargent's copy of the Northwest Ordinance, signed by Charles Thomson, appears in this collection under the date July 13, 1787. Also in this collection are maps and survey reports related to land holdings in Mississippi in the early 1780s, as well as two orderly books (20 Feb.-12 June 1779 and 6 Aug.-23 Sep. 1780) kept for General St. Clair's Pennsylvania Division.
Book Synopsis Henry Knox to Winthrop Sargent about Matters of Office and the Coming Convention, 2 March 1787 by : Henry Knox
Download or read book Henry Knox to Winthrop Sargent about Matters of Office and the Coming Convention, 2 March 1787 written by Henry Knox and published by . This book was released on 1787 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Body of the letter and signature in the hand of Robert Pemberton, Knox's aide. Discusses surveys that Sargent requested and where they should be deposited. Notes he has not seen Captain Hutchins yet to discuss the survey of the 5th range. States that Board of Treasury is of the opinion the surveys should be delivered to Hutchins since he was the principal in the business and that Knox agrees with them. Mentions [Major William] North's resignation from the Office of Inspectors, noting that it has not taken affect yet due to the recent raising of troops. Mentions the irregular Congressional meetings and that nine of the states recently met and discussed the [Constitutional] Convention being held in May at Philadelphia. Noted as a copy on the docket.
Book Synopsis Note from Henry Knox to Winthrop Sargent Regarding Bills to Pay the Army, 2 December 1791 by : Henry Knox
Download or read book Note from Henry Knox to Winthrop Sargent Regarding Bills to Pay the Army, 2 December 1791 written by Henry Knox and published by . This book was released on 1791 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Later copy. Written from the War Department. Explains that Mr. Caleb Swan will be taking thirty five thousand dollars in post bank notes for the pay of the army, and that Sargent's name has been added to the notes for greater security. When Swan wants to exchange the notes for cash, he will need Sargent's to do so; asks that Sargent oblige.
Book Synopsis Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox Thanking Him for His Good Wishes and Stating His Army Ambitions, 30 January 1787 by : Winthrop Sargent
Download or read book Winthrop Sargent to Henry Knox Thanking Him for His Good Wishes and Stating His Army Ambitions, 30 January 1787 written by Winthrop Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1787 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks him for his letters. Never doubted Knox's good wishes toward him, or his desire to promote Sargent's military achievements. Is acutely aware of Knox's responsibilities and does not want to put him in an embarrassing position because of his desire to attain an appointment. Though he wanted the Captaincy of Artillery, he even moreso wanted Knox's high esteem, both during military service and in civilian life. Writes, Consider [...] how severely I must have been wounded by [William] North & [Elnathan] Haskell- who were both my Junior Officers during [an] the war & who have Majorities in the Legion. In response to Knox's offer of the position of Inspector of Troops, he thinks himself inadequate for the position. Encloses paper (not present) describing General [Benjamin] Lincoln's expedition. Sargent would have liked to join the expedition, and Lincoln and Governor James Bowdoin wanted him to go, but he did not believe there was an appropriate position available to him. Writes, General Lincoln offerd indeed to make me his Adjutant Genl but I was sure I could not discharge the duty, to my own Satisfaction. Finally, discusses the status of the Massachusetts insurgents. See GLC02437.03413 for a related document.
Book Synopsis Henry Knox to Winthrop Sargent about Congressional Session and Indians, 5 December 1794 by : Henry Knox
Download or read book Henry Knox to Winthrop Sargent about Congressional Session and Indians, 5 December 1794 written by Henry Knox and published by . This book was released on 1794 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses Sargent's desire to be present at the next Congressional session, though the request was denied. Discusses the situation with the Indians in the Cincinnati region. States that the poor Indians I believe are irrecvocably doomed by Fate to be extirpated. Extensive water damage renders ink difficult to read. Watermarked. Letterpress copy.
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