Steps Needed to Protect the Frontier, Etc.
Document 1799Amidst other concerns, Governor Jackson contends that the forces of the United States are not sufficient to protect the inhabitants of the frontier of Georgia from Indian depredations so he should have the authority to call up the Georgia Militia at Union expense.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Amidst other concerns, Governor Jackson contends that the forces of the United States are not sufficient to protect the inhabitants of the frontier of Georgia from Indian depredations so he should have the authority to call up the Georgia Militia at Union expense.
Date
07/07/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Louisville, Georgia
Repository
Document number
1799070740001
Page start
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Notable persons
James McHenry
James Jackson
Cheehaw King
thieves who stole his horses
defenseless frontier inhabitants
southwestern inhabitants
offenders
Circuit Court of the United States
Messrs. Baldwin and Tattnall
Georgia Militia
General Pinckney
Secretary of the Navy [Stoddert]
Notable locations
Executive Department Georgia, Louisville
frontiers of Washington and Montgomery Counties
Notable items
mission from the Creeks
immediate hostility
horses
retaliation
hostile intention
Mithlogies [?] embassy
Treaty of San Lorenzo [Pinckney's Treaty]
Indian depredations
not a shilling expended by them on the call of Georgia
expenses
payment for his stolen horse
prospect of Indian warfare
bail
payment for former services
investigation of Colonel Gaithers' conduct