Regarding passports held by state governors
Document 1798Informs Colonel Butler that no passports from state governors shall divert him from resisting the invasion of Indian lands by those bodies. McHenry insists that if they actually hold a passport, it was likely obtained under false pretenses with intention to violate the laws of the United States, and therefore all passports should be disregarded.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Informs Colonel Butler that no passports from state governors shall divert him from resisting the invasion of Indian lands by those bodies. McHenry insists that if they actually hold a passport, it was likely obtained under false pretenses with intention to violate the laws of the United States, and therefore all passports should be disregarded.
Date
03/23/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798032300201
Notable persons
Thomas Butler
James McHenry
Coxe
troops
governor
military
Indians
Silas Dinsmoor
Notable locations
War Office
forts
Indian country
Indian land
Notable items
Passport