Strict Neutrality Toward Spain
Document 1793Responding to an alleged enterprise against Spanish settlements by General Clarke of Kentucky and by a group of Frenchmen, St. Clair proclaims a posture of strict neturality toward Spain by all those who are part of the military establishment of the United States.
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Responding to an alleged enterprise against Spanish settlements by General Clarke of Kentucky and by a group of Frenchmen, St. Clair proclaims a posture of strict neturality toward Spain by all those who are part of the military establishment of the United States.
Date
12/07/1793
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1793120751802
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Arthur St. Clair
General Clarke from Kentucky
Secretary of State [Jefferson]
Governor Shelby
Frenchmen you mention
inhabitants of the Illinois country
militia of the government
civil and military officers
General Wayne
officer commanding the troops of the United States
the horse [cavalry]
belligerent powers
representatives of Spain
certain Frenchmen by the names of LaChaise, Charles Delpeau, Maturin, and Signeux
levies of men
Notable locations
Germantown
settlement so distant from each other
territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio
Spanish settlements on the Mississippi
Notable items
enterprise against the Spanish settlements
proclamation
strict neutrality toward Spain
peace
laws of nations
exact neutrality
expedition against Spanish settlements
abstain from every hostility
utmost rigor of the law