Creeks Have Declared War

Item

Type

Extract of Letter

Title

Creeks Have Declared War

Description

Pickens states that the Creeks have declared war on the United States and that John Galphin has moved to join the Seminoles.

year created

1793

month created

04

day created

28

sent from location

Hopewell

recipient

in image

note

Extract of a letter. Enclosed in Telfair to Knox, 05/08/1793.This journal is enclosed in a statement relative to the South Western frontiers, as connected with the state of Georgia and the Creek Indians, the south Western territory of the United States and the Cherokees submitted to the House of Representatives on December 4, 1793. This document is an integral part of [Public Reports] and other communications of the Secretary at War, 12/99/1793.

notable person/group

General Clarke
Andrew Pickens
John Galphin
Seminoles

notable location

Hopewell
Georgia

document number

1793042890055

page start

186

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[view document] (1 pages) NOP01 (506 pages) Collection: Third Congress: Transcribed Confidential Reports and Other Communications Transmitted by the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives, 3d Congress, 1st Session, 1793, Vol. II [3C-B2] (RG 233) {M1268, roll 14} M: 1268, R: 14
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Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Andrew Pickens Hopewell [n/a]
Recipient General Clarke [unknown] [n/a]