Protection of the Frontier Inhabitants
Document 1789Knox discusses the measures be taken to protect the inhabitants of the western territory from the depredations of Indians.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Knox discusses the measures be taken to protect the inhabitants of the western territory from the depredations of Indians.
Date
10/06/1789
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Collection
Document number
1789100600001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Beverley Randolph, Governor of Virginia
Henry Knox
the President [Washington]
Governor of the Western Territory
militia of the nearest counties
Colonel Robert Johnson of Washington County
regular troopsl
Notable locations
War Office of the United States
Virginia
Pennsylvania
the Great Miami
Notable items
extract of a law
state of intelligence from the frontiers
protection of the frontier inhabitants
hostile incursions of the Indians
pay and rations
ammunition
repression of depredations