Extract of a letter from his Excellency Edward Tilfair to the Secretary of War
Document 1793Barbarities of Indians forced Telfair to send troops to frontier for additional protection of settlers.
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[Verso/cover sheet with docket notation, written diagonally:]
Govr Telfair
date not of a letter
to July 8th [undecipherable]
May 8th
1793
A Sent:
Type
Extract of Letter
Description
Barbarities of Indians forced Telfair to send troops to frontier for additional protection of settlers.
Date
05/08/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
State House
Document number
1793050840001
Note
Cited in Knox to Telfair, 06/10/1793. This document contains an extract of this letter. An apparent full text version of this document is contained in a letterbook also identified by your criterion search.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Edward Telfair
Indians
hostiles
savages
Indian Nation
settlers
citizens
troops
Governor of Georgia
Thomas Johnson
President Washington
Notable locations
State House
camp
frontier
Shoulderbone
Georgia
Notable items
horses