1Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
On 16 Jan. 1792 the U.S. House of Representatives began considering GW’s message of 11 Jan. and the two reports it covered. These reports from Henry Knox presented the case for a new military campaign to subdue the hostile Indian nations on the northwest frontier and pacify the region. To carry out this plan the administration proposed to increase the army from two regiments to five. Although...
2I: From Thomas Jefferson, 25 January 1792 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his respects to the President of the U.S. and subjoins what he supposes might form a proper introduction to the statement prepared by the Secretary at war. the occasion is so new that however short the letter proposed, he has no doubt it will need correction both as to the matter & manner. Sir As the circumstances which have engaged the U.S. in the present Indian war,...
3II: From Alexander Hamilton, c.25 Jan. 1792 (Washington Papers)
Mr Hamilton presents his respects to the President & submits the following alterations in the Letter. instead of “I shall be glad ” &c. to say “it is my desire” or “it appears adviseable” that you prepare &c. Instead of “when our Constituents ” &c. Say [“]When the Community are called upon for considerable exertions, to relieve a part, which is suffering undr the hand of an enemy, it is...
4III: Washington’s Preface to Henry Knox’s Statement on the Causes of the Indian War, c.25 Jan. 1792 (Washington Papers)
As the circumstances which have engaged the U. S. in the present Indian war, may, some of them, be out of the public recollection, and others, perhaps unknown, it appears adviseable that you prepare & publish, from authentic documents, a statement of those circumstances, as well as of the measures which have been taken from time to time for the re-establishment of peace & friendship. When the...