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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.10449
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0104] 1792 
Title Congressional inquiry
Date ca. 1792
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Document Type Government document; Military document
Content Description Discusses the [Congressional] inquiry into the failure of the expedition under Major General Arthur St. Clair - this was St. Clair's Defeat, also known as the "Columbia Massacre," or the "Battle of the Wabash" in 1791 where the Indians were fighting settlers who they felt were encroaching on their land. Date previously inferred, written in blue. Letterpress copy.
Subjects Government and Civics  American Indian History  Frontiers and Exploration  Northwest Territory  Northwest Indian War  Military Law  Military History  Battle  Congress  
People St. Clair, Arthur (1737-1818)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Theme Government & Politics; Native Americans
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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