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RANDOLPH, Edmund (1753-1813). Printed document signed ("Edm. Randolph"), as Secretary of State, Philadelphia, 31 May 1794. An Act of the Third Congress of the United States, First Session. 1 page, folio, creases reinforced on verso, chip along top edge and a 4½ inch closed tear expertly mended.
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RANDOLPH, Edmund (1753-1813). Printed document signed ("Edm. Randolph"), as Secretary of State, Philadelphia, 31 May 1794. An Act of the Third Congress of the United States, First Session. 1 page, folio, creases reinforced on verso, chip along top edge and a 4½ inch closed tear expertly mended.
CONGRESS PAYS ST. CLAIR FOR "THE TIME HE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE BUSINESS OF INDIAN TREATIES." "That the accounting officers of the treasury in the settlement of the accounts of Arthur St. Clair, allow him for his expenses while going from New York to Fort Pitt, and till his return to New York," between November 1787 and February 1788. "That he be further allowed at the rate of five dollars per day, from the tenth of June [1788] to the third of May [1789], being the time he was employed in the business of Indian treaties, and till the delivery of the said treaties to the President of the United States." This refers to St. Clair's work negotiating the Treaties of Fort Harmar in 1789, which provided only a temporary calm between white settlers and Indians in the Northwest Territories. St. Clair would lead a military detachment to suppress the rebellious tribes in 1791. Here Congress also awards him interest "on the balance which shall be found due to him" and credited him with "the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars advanced by him to major Hamtramck, on public account, and that major Hamtramck be chargeable therewith." The printed approval (but not the signatures) of House Speaker Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Vice President John Adams and President George Washington appear above Randolph's signature.
CONGRESS PAYS ST. CLAIR FOR "THE TIME HE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE BUSINESS OF INDIAN TREATIES." "That the accounting officers of the treasury in the settlement of the accounts of Arthur St. Clair, allow him for his expenses while going from New York to Fort Pitt, and till his return to New York," between November 1787 and February 1788. "That he be further allowed at the rate of five dollars per day, from the tenth of June [1788] to the third of May [1789], being the time he was employed in the business of Indian treaties, and till the delivery of the said treaties to the President of the United States." This refers to St. Clair's work negotiating the Treaties of Fort Harmar in 1789, which provided only a temporary calm between white settlers and Indians in the Northwest Territories. St. Clair would lead a military detachment to suppress the rebellious tribes in 1791. Here Congress also awards him interest "on the balance which shall be found due to him" and credited him with "the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars advanced by him to major Hamtramck, on public account, and that major Hamtramck be chargeable therewith." The printed approval (but not the signatures) of House Speaker Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Vice President John Adams and President George Washington appear above Randolph's signature.