Opinions Regarding Sending an Agent to the Choctaw Nation.
Document 1793The cabinet members and Attorney General provide their opinions on sending an agent to the Choctaw Nation to solicit Choctaw support of the Chickasaws in their war against the Creeks. Jefferson and Knox support that action while Randolph fears Spanish support of the Creeks and Hamilton favors American mediation of the conflict between the Creeks and Chickasaws.
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Document Signed
Description
The cabinet members and Attorney General provide their opinions on sending an agent to the Choctaw Nation to solicit Choctaw support of the Chickasaws in their war against the Creeks. Jefferson and Knox support that action while Randolph fears Spanish support of the Creeks and Hamilton favors American mediation of the conflict between the Creeks and Chickasaws.
Date
06/01/1793
Author
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1793060100000
Note
The document was signed by Jefferson, Knox, Randolph, and Hamilton. It is in the handwriting of Jefferson, Randolph, and Hamilton.
Notable persons
Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State
Henry Knox, Secretary of War
Edmund Randolph, Attorney General
Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury
Agent
Choctaw Nation
Chickasaws
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Spain
Notable items
present war with the Creeks
arms and ammunition
peace
general policy of employing Indians against Indians
arms