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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05634.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Northwest Boundary: with 4 letters, printed report and folding map |
| Title | Samuel C. Crafts to William C. Bradley concerning investigations into expenditure on fixing the US-Canada border |
| Date | 15 April 1818 |
| Author | Crafts, Samuel C. (1768-1853) |
| Recipient | Bradley, William C. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses the appointment of a congressional committee to investigate expenditures made in executing the fifth, sixth, and seventh articles of the Treaty of Ghent and their report. The committee was formed in response to reports of waste. Comments on the efforts of a Mr. Allen to have negative parts of the report pertaining to the fifth article removed. Discusses the reading of a confidential letter to the committee by John Holmes that was critical of the expenditures, which Crafts made a copy of (see GLC05634.03). Believes Holmes wants to supplant the man originally appointed to execute the fifth article. Also mentions an attempt to fix the salaries of the agents working on the boundary issues involved with the Treaty of Ghent. Crafts was then a congressman from Vermont. Bradley was then an agent of the United States under the treaty of Ghent to fix the boundary line between Maine and Canada. |
| Subjects | War of 1812 Military History Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Treaty Diplomacy Boundary or Property Dispute Surveying Canada Northwest Territory Government and Civics Congress Finance |
| People | Crafts, Samuel Chandler (1768-1853) Bradley, William Czar (1782-1867) Holmes, John (1773-1843) Turner, Charles (1760-1839) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | War of 1812; Foreign Affairs; Westward Expansion; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from Charles Turner to John Holmes regarding article 5 of the Treaty of Ghent |