Financial Responsibility for Defense of the Frontiers
Document 1792Governor Mifflin assures Knox that he will take the necessary steps with the state legislature to support the plan of the president to have the General Government take financial responsibility for the defense of the frontiers by state militias.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Governor Mifflin assures Knox that he will take the necessary steps with the state legislature to support the plan of the president to have the General Government take financial responsibility for the defense of the frontiers by state militias.
Date
01/05/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1792010540100
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Thomas Mifflin
President [Washington]
General Assembly [of Pennsylvania]
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Frontiers of Pennsylvania
Notable items
Authority of the State Government
expense of the Union
defense of the frontiers of Pennsylvania
powers of the Executive commensurate with the plan
legislative decision