Aggressions
Item
Type
Letterbook Copy
Title
Aggressions
Description
Discusses armed vessels and militia.
short description
Ltr, dis armed vessels and militia
year created
1793
month created
05
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
in image
note
This document is a surviving fragment of the George Clinton Papers, which suffered extensive damage in a 1911 fire at the State Capitol [New York].
created note
The date (month, year) was determined by the item's placement in the letterbook.
notable person/group
George Clinton
Henry Knox
President of the United Sates.
notable location
War Department
bay of Delaware
United States.
notable phrase
I am directed
your Excellency
late occurred in the vicinity
general government
of one of the powers engaged in another in the bay of Delaware
both duty
government
vessel
minister residing here of the power whose
aggression has very readily undertaken to
may not be adopted to every case and
some other is to be resorted to of more
vessels being generally the
combat and that by an armed and
committed within our territory
repressed by the military force of the nation
of the union is its Militia and this
meet every violation of the national
therefore as the head of the Militia
confides the
cases of hostility
committed
protection of your State
be pleased with the aid of your
aggression with the rid of your
aggressing until you could
with the evidences
for his ultimate decision then
receiving with all the dispatch.
document number
1793059900101
page start
1
number of pages
2
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | AKA09 (3 pages) | Collection: Governor George Clinton Papers, Circular Letters and Letterbook of Official Correspondence and Proclamations | B:54, p.484-485 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | George Clinton | [unknown] | [n/a] |