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To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 3 December 1795

From Timothy Pickering

War Office Decr 3d 1795.

The Secretary of War respectfully lays before the President of the United States the accompanying letters & papers received lately from Govr Blount & Mr Seagrove—the latter yesterday.1

AL, DLC:GW; LB, DLC:GW.

1. Pickering may have enclosed a copy of Southwest Territory governor William Blount’s letter to him of 2 Nov., which, in part, reported that “Peace now actually exists between the United States and the Indian tribes” and recommended “the establishment of strong military posts” to preserve that peace (extract, ASP, Military Affairs, 1:112). The other enclosures have not been identified.

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    To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 3 December 1795
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    “To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 3 December 1795,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-19-02-0160. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 19, 1 October 1795–31 March 1796, ed. David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, p. 207.]

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