Prospects of aid, magazine of arms, calling up militia of neighboring states
Document 1793Georgia Governor Telfair expresses peculiar satisfaction in contemplating prospect of aid and arrangement of calling militia from neighboring states in case of general hostility. Refers to the depredations of Creeks as serious.
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State House, Augusta 8.th April 1793
Sir,
Your Communication of the 9.th March last I have had the pleasure of receiving and feel a peculiar satisfaction in contemplating the prospect of aid both with respect to the establishment of a magazine of Arms, and also the arrangements for calling in the Militia of the neighbouring States in the event of general hostility and I hope that a further relief by the establishment of Magazines of provisions will also take place. I have enclosed extracts of the information come to hand since my last letter to you, from which you will readily perceive that the depredations of the Creeks are of a very serious nature.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your most obedient servant
Edw.d Telfair
The Secretary of War
Extract from a deposition by eleven Inhabitants of Glynn County, dated 21st. March 1793.
"The Inhabitants of Glynn County have been robbed and plundered very considerably by the Creek Indians who are at this time in a state of actual hostility against said Inhabitants committing daily the most horrid robberies on them in so much that at this moment they conceive almost all the Cattle and horses of said County being a very great number to be in the possession of said Creek Indians."
"The Creek Indians have been treated kindly and hospitably by the Inhabitants of said Country, and in nowise injured by said Inhabitants." From the files of the Ex. Dep.t
W. Urquhart S.E.D.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Georgia Governor Telfair expresses peculiar satisfaction in contemplating prospect of aid and arrangement of calling militia from neighboring states in case of general hostility. Refers to the depredations of Creeks as serious.
Date
04/08/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Augusta Georgia
Document number
1793040840050
Notable persons
Georgia Governor Telfair
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Militia
Creek nation
Notable locations
Georgia
Philadelphia
Notable items
magazines
stores
provisions

