Request for Protection

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Type

Document

Description

Representatives request military assistance in the defense of the frontier counties from Indian attacks. Details on how Indians attack, type of protection previously enjoyed, and hope for peace.

Date

12/12/1789

Sent from

Richmond

Document number

1789121237001

Page start

1

Notable persons

George Washington
representatives
Indians
Indian Nation
hostiles
savages
Representatives of the Frontier counties of Virginia
senator
William McMahon
Archibald Woods
William McCleery
Thomas Randall
George Jackson
Jonathan Parson
Cornelius Bogard
your excellency
President of United States
general assembly
settlements
garrison

Notable locations

Richmond
frontier
county
Randolph
Virginia
Ohio
Harrison
Monongalia
post
fort
river
Ohio River
boundary

Notable items

protection
defense
security
Indian relations
kill
property
bleeding county