8.26.1796 — Baltimore, Maryland
Joseph Miniere marries Jane Mary Ann Mathias at St. Peter’s Catholic Church.

9.11.1796 — Tarborough, North Carolina
Rickard issues deserter notice for Thomas Brown.

12.3.1796 — Tarborough, North Carolina
Rickard issues deserter notice for Henry Edwards.

1.1797 — Tarborough, North Carolina
Rickard issues deserter notice for Hardy Macon.

5.13.1797 — Baltimore County, Maryland
“Mr Mineare” appears in Jacob Readle estate accounting records.

6.2.1797 — Knox County, Tennessee
Rickard acknowledges deed before William Charles Cole Claiborne.

6.16.1797 — Accountants Office
William Simmons audits/reconciles Rickard recruiting accounts; James Minyard listed among bounty charges.

6.18.1797 — Philadelphia
R. Newman letter discusses:

• Gen. Wayne
• Wilkinson
• Greenville
• Kentucky
• Gayoso
• Mississippi suspicion
• interrogations/frontier intrigue

6.28.1797 — Federal correspondence index
Winthrop Sargent ordered to proceed to east bank of Mississippi.

7.11.1797 — Bermuda
Industry enters Bermuda; “William Richard of Massachusetts” listed as owner.

7.28.1797 — Federal correspondence index
“Stewart, Archd. — to arrest Govr Blount.”
Active phase of Blount Conspiracy crisis.

7.28.1797 — Knoxville, Tennessee
Stephen Hillis forwards Rickard’s paymaster accounts to William Simmons.

8.13.1797 — Bermuda
Rickard appears as master of the Ann arriving from Antigua and outbound toward Rhode Island.

8.31.1797 — Knoxville, Tennessee
Rickard writes David Henley regarding camp equipage, clothing, locks, expenses, and logistical shortages.