Letters to Governor of Virginia and President of Pennsylvania requesting that they prepare militias

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Type

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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

Recipient

Sent from

Fort Harmar

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