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Frontier Families Are Collected at Stations

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Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Description

Blount reports that frontier settlers are seeking protection at stations where they have to endure crowded and miserable living conditions.

Date

04/11/1793

Recipient

Sent from

Knoxville

Document number

1793041140000

Note

Cited in Knox to Blount, 05/14/1793.

Notable persons

Henry Knox
William Blount
families on the frontiers
John Craig
men, women, and children

Notable locations

Knoxville
south of Holston

Notable items

house of a Mr. Gallaher
stations
small huts