Protection of the Frontier Inhabitants

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Protection of the Frontier Inhabitants

Description

Knox discusses the measures be taken to protect the inhabitants of the western territory from the depredations of Indians.

year created

1789

month created

10

day created

06

author

sent from location

War Office

recipient

sent to location

Virginia

in collection

in image

notable person/group

Beverley Randolph, Governor of Virginia
Henry Knox
the President [Washington]
Governor of the Western Territory
militia of the nearest counties
Colonel Robert Johnson of Washington County
regular troopsl

notable location

War Office of the United States
Virginia
Pennsylvania
the Great Miami

notable item/thing

extract of a law
state of intelligence from the frontiers
protection of the frontier inhabitants
hostile incursions of the Indians
pay and rations
ammunition
repression of depredations

document number

1789100600001

page start

1

number of pages

6

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Document instances

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[view document] (6 pages) LCA13 (6 pages) Collection: Wellford Family Papers 1W4597e40

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox War Office [n/a]
Recipient Beverley Randolph Virginia [n/a]