Letters to Governor of Virginia and President of Pennsylvania requesting that they prepare militias
Document 1788St. Clair has written to Governor of Virginia and President of Pennsylvania requesting that they give orders to their Lieutenants in the frontier counties to have their proportions of militia required in readiness. Discusses plans if Indians have hostile designs at treaty talks. Makes reference to invasion and dispossession of Cherokees by people of Franklin and wonders how the Northern Indians can believe the government to be earnest when they get information of the affair.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
St. Clair has written to Governor of Virginia and President of Pennsylvania requesting that they give orders to their Lieutenants in the frontier counties to have their proportions of militia required in readiness. Discusses plans if Indians have hostile designs at treaty talks. Makes reference to invasion and dispossession of Cherokees by people of Franklin and wonders how the Northern Indians can believe the government to be earnest when they get information of the affair.
Date
09/02/1788
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Harmar
Collection
Document number
1788090251800
Note
Cited in St. Clair to Knox, 09/15/1788.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Arthur St. Clair
Governor of Virginia
President of Pennsylvania
Lieutenants
officers
militia
Indians
Cherokees
Franklin
Northern Indians
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Virginia
Pennsylvania
frontier counties
Fort Harmar
Notable items
treaty
Indian affairs
Indian relations
invasion
