Defense of South, Cumberland County
Document 1792Request for opinion on need for additional troops to assist Gov. Blount in defense of frontier.
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[Letter from Gen. Knox Oct. 9. 1792]
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Request for opinion on need for additional troops to assist Gov. Blount in defense of frontier.
Date
10/09/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1792100900201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Lee
Henry Knox
Governor Blount
Indians
hostiles
Cherokee
Little Turkey
Indian Nation
militia
troops
John Walls
banditti Creeks
Brigadier General Robertson
Brigade
Governor Lee
Little Turkey
congress
Notable locations
War Department
frontier
Virginia
Knoxville
Tennessee
south
west
lower towns on the Tennessee
Cumberland settlements
Cumberland River
southwestern Virginia
Notable items
protection
support
offensive action
declaration of war
defense
Treaty of Holstein