Steps Needed to Protect the Frontier, Etc.
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Steps Needed to Protect the Frontier, Etc.
Description
Amidst other concerns, Governor Jackson contends that the forces of the United States are not sufficient to protect the inhabitants of the frontier of Georgia from Indian depredations so he should have the authority to call up the Georgia Militia at Union expense.
year created
1799
month created
07
day created
07
author
sent from location
Louisville, Georgia
recipient
in image
notable person/group
James McHenry
James Jackson
Cheehaw King
thieves who stole his horses
defenseless frontier inhabitants
southwestern inhabitants
offenders
Circuit Court of the United States
Messrs. Baldwin and Tattnall
Georgia Militia
General Pinckney
Secretary of the Navy [Stoddert]
notable location
Executive Department Georgia, Louisville
frontiers of Washington and Montgomery Counties
notable item/thing
mission from the Creeks
immediate hostility
horses
retaliation
hostile intention
Mithlogies [?] embassy
Treaty of San Lorenzo [Pinckney's Treaty]
Indian depredations
not a shilling expended by them on the call of Georgia
expenses
payment for his stolen horse
prospect of Indian warfare
bail
payment for former services
investigation of Colonel Gaithers' conduct
notable phrase
At the present moment the force of the United States in Georgia is not adequate to the protection of twenty miles of Frontier
until that deficiency is remedied, ought not the Executive of Georgia to be furnished with discretionary powers to call forth the militia at the expense of the Union.
document number
1799070740001
page start
1
number of pages
3
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | WAH11 (3 pages) | Collection: State of Georgia, Executive Minutes, 06/28/1798-11/07/1799. | D:224, B:59, pp.349-51 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James Jackson | Louisville, Georgia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |