COPY: Unauthorized Military Actions
Document 1799E. Telfair, governor of Georgia, used militia troops and materials for unauthorized offensive expedition into Creek Country on the pretext that he was protecting Georgia's frontier.
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Copy of Signed Document
Description
E. Telfair, governor of Georgia, used militia troops and materials for unauthorized offensive expedition into Creek Country on the pretext that he was protecting Georgia's frontier.
Date
02/13/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1799021370001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
Constant Freeman
Edward Telfair
Creek Nation
Indian Nation
Indians
hostiles
President
troops
dragoons
foot soldiers
militia
Colonel Gaither
Governor Mathews
Captain Armstrong
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Georgia
Creek Country
territory
frontier
Indian territory
Notable items
horses
materials
supplies
ammunition