Letter from the Secretary at War to the Governor of Rhode Island
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Letter from the Secretary at War to the Governor of Rhode Island
Description
Letter, the President of the United States confides the charge of interposing in all cases of hostility committed between the belligerent parties (England and France) within the protection of your state of Rhode Island.
short description
Ltr, dir militia re foreign hostility.
year created
1793
month created
05
day created
23
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
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in image
notable person/group
Arthur Fenner
Henry knox
notable location
War Department
Bay of Delaware
United States
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standing power of the Union
national protection
head of the militia of the state of Rhode Island the President of the United States confides the charge of interposing in all cases of hostility committed between the belligerent parties within the protection of your state, desiring that you will be pleased with the aid of your militia to detain the parties first aggressing until you could communicate the case to the president
evidences in writing which may establish the facts for his ultimate decision
duty and honor required that the government should cause the captured vessel to be restored which the minister residing here of the power whose vessel committed the aggression has already undertaken to have done
remedy may not be adapted to every case and especially to distant ones some other is to be resorted to of more universal application
capture of vessels being generally the consequence of an attack or combat and that by an armed or foreign forces in its nature if committed in our territory a military aggression and to be suppressed by the military force of the nation
armed vessel of one of the powers engaged in the present war captured a ship of another lying in the Bay of Delaware and consequently under the protection of the United States
directed by the President of the United States to address your excellency on the following subject
abuse has lately occurred in this vicinity which required the interposition of the general government
similar cases may arise in other places it is necessary that some uniform adequate and prompt remedy should be provided and operate throughout the United States
document number
1793052300801
page start
1
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [view document] (2 pages) | AXB01 (2 pages) | Collection: Letters to Geovernor (L1). | V: 21, P: 46 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Arthur Fenner | [unknown] | [n/a] |