Request for Protection
Document 1789Representatives 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.
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No 811.
From the Agents
In addition to the accept
[undecipherable] of the general Assembly on indian affairs,
herein enclosed, We the representatives of the counties of
[undecipherable] Virginia to Wit, [undecipherable] Harrison & [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] are captains at to take the liberty of [undecipherable]
of the United [undecipherable] to you the [undecipherable] Situation of [undecipherable]
counties, in order that you may be able
Richmond to [undecipherable] Such measures as may be necessary
[undecipherable] for their defence; as we have every reason
to expect that the indians will break in
upon our Settlements as soon as the sea
son will permit them in the Spring.
first from the northern boundary line which
[undecipherable] the Ohio river, at the mouth of the
little Kanhawa creek down the said river to
the mouth of big Sandy creek, is about
three hundred miles as [undecipherable] open to the
ravages of the Indian [undecipherable] may attack
our Settlements in any quarter they may
chuse, it may here be [undecipherable] that the
[undecipherable] to [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] would
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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
Recipient
Sent from
Richmond
Repository
Document number
1789121237001
Page start
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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
