Recruitment of a Corps for the Service of France

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Type

Extract of Letter

Description

Constant Freeman, agent for the War Department in Georgia, writes Secretary Knox on certain persons employed in Georgia to recruit a corps of troops for the service of France with designs toward the invasion of the Spanish Floridas.

Date

04/18/1794

Recipient

Sent from

Fort Fidius

Document number

1794041840101

Page start

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Notable persons

Henry Knox
Constant Freeman
corps of troops for the service of France
parties of recruits
agent
Contractor's Clerk at this post
Colonel Carr
Major Williamson
Officers in the French Legion
Captain Martin
General Clarke
recruits
Captain Bird
Adventurers
Paymaster
large detachment
the Spaniards
M. Genet
officers in this new corps
Governor of East Florida
Major John S. Gano
boat builders and other artificers
Charles Smith

Notable locations

Fort Fidius
Georgia
the Oconee
Greensborough [Greensboro]
Rock Landing
Carr's Bluff
River St. Mary
Fort Phillips
iron works in Kentucky
provinces of East and West Florida
Louisiana
Cincinnati, North Western territory
Lexington
Frankfort
Rapids of the Ohio

Notable items

authority of the French Republic
rendezvous
supplies
rations
provisions
this garrison
allowance for mileage from their homes
saddle bags
settlements of South Carolina
bounties of land
Spanish government in Florida
proposed expedition of these adventurers
expedition of General Clark
free navigation of the Mississippi
supply of money
President's proclamation
cannon
ammunition