Official ms. copy in the secretarial hand of Tench Tilghman of a letter to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs, Philip Schuyler, James Duane, and Volkert Pieterse Douw, Valley Forge, March 13, 1778
1778
MSS L2007F165 M
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Title
Official ms. copy in the secretarial hand of Tench Tilghman of a letter to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs, Philip Schuyler, James Duane, and Volkert Pieterse Douw, Valley Forge, March 13, 1778
Published
Valley Forge 1778
Description
[3] p. on 2 conjugated leaves ; 24 cm.
Call Number
MSS L2007F165 M
Note
Docketed on verso: "Copy Letter from Genl. Washington to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs & c."
In this letter Washington states that he has been authorized by Congress to raise no less than 700 Indian troops "... Divesting them of the savage customs exercised in their Wars against each other, I think they may be made of excellent use as scouts and light troops mixed in with our own parties. Washington explains that half their desired number will be recruited from the south and the second half from the north: "I have sent Colo. Nathl. Gist, who is well acquainted with the Cherokees and their allies, to bring as many as he can from thence, and I must depend upon you to employ the suitable persons to procure the stipulated number or as near as may be from the northern tribes."
At Valley Forge, the troops were dying from exposure and starvation and Washington desperately needed more troops for the spring campaign.
Some variation between the published Washington correspondence and this letter copied by his aide-de-camp Tilghman and signed "G. Washington" by Tilghman.
In this letter Washington states that he has been authorized by Congress to raise no less than 700 Indian troops "... Divesting them of the savage customs exercised in their Wars against each other, I think they may be made of excellent use as scouts and light troops mixed in with our own parties. Washington explains that half their desired number will be recruited from the south and the second half from the north: "I have sent Colo. Nathl. Gist, who is well acquainted with the Cherokees and their allies, to bring as many as he can from thence, and I must depend upon you to employ the suitable persons to procure the stipulated number or as near as may be from the northern tribes."
At Valley Forge, the troops were dying from exposure and starvation and Washington desperately needed more troops for the spring campaign.
Some variation between the published Washington correspondence and this letter copied by his aide-de-camp Tilghman and signed "G. Washington" by Tilghman.
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