Orders Relative to the Protection of Frontier Inhabitants
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Orders Relative to the Protection of Frontier Inhabitants
Description
Knox gives Captain Burbeck detailed orders relative to his mission to Georgia to protect the frontier inhabitants of that state. He urges particular care in Burbeck's relations with the state government of Georgia and with the neighboring Spanish garrison.
year created
1790
month created
04
day created
10
author
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Henry Burbeck
Henry Knox
Creek Indians
recruits at West Point
President [Washington]
Governor of Georgia [Telfair]
Militia of the State of Georgia
runaway negroes
Spanish soldiers
guards to be daily mounted on your sloop
Secretary of the Treasury [Hamilton]
Mr. Habersham of Savannah
contractors
notable location
West Point
Savannah River
Georgia
St. Marys, southern boundary of the United States
Spanish garrison
notable item/thing
rounds for the cannon
entrenching tools
block houses
barracks
boats for river transportation
three month's provisions
medicines
hospital stores
two month's full pay
Sloop "Rambler"
fair wind
Brig "States General"
formidable invasion
healthy situation for the encampment of your company
your cannon and stores
disembarkation of the troops and stores
water casks
boards
support for your fortifications
works necessary for your security
line of pallisades
timber
earth
block houses
sketches of works
defenses against Indian attacks
magazines for ammunition
hostile dispositions
exemplary punishment
voyage
habitual and soldierly vigilance
importance of economy
disobedience to your orders
corporal punsihment
contracts to supply rations and provisions
public horse
express
danger
vouchers
triplicate receipts
artillery
baggage
details of training and disciplining your company
your talents and judgement
barrels of your provisions
notable phrase
The main object of your station will be to protect the frontier inhabitants from the incursions of the Creek Indians
you will on all occasions apprehend runaway negroes and direct them to be returned to their masters
Being in the vicinity of the Spanish garrison, you will embrace all opportunities of evincing the most cordial friendship to that nation
Your camp and fortifications must be guarded against the possibility of a surprise either by Indians or any set of men whatever
You must impress it as a maxim on your officers that to be surprised is to be disgraced forever
...you should keep a public horse for the purpose of of sending expresses to inform the inhabitants of danger
You are yourself to observe the greatest respect for the civil authority of the state [Georgia]
document number
1790041000001
page start
1
number of pages
12
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | ZPL12 (4 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Burbeck | [unknown] | [n/a] |