1From George Washington to Richard Butler, 27 November 1786 (Washington Papers)
I have been requested by the Marqs de la Fayette, in behalf of the Empress of Russia, to obtain a vocabulary of the languages of the Ohio Indians. Previous to my hearing of your appointment as superintendant of Indian Affairs in that District, I had transmitted to Captn Hutchins a copy of the Marquis’s letter, containing the above request; conceiving that it would be much in his power, from...