Seditous Activities in Western Counties

Item

Type

Printed Document

Title

Seditous Activities in Western Counties

Description

Discussed intelligence on people seeking to coerce residents of Western counties to secede from the Union to form a separate foreign power. Gives physical descriptions of each man believed to be involved in seditious activities, advised capture and imprisonment.

year created

1796

month created

05

author

recipient

in collection

in publication

created note

The day of the month is not given.

notable person/group

Arthur St. Clair
James McHenry
President
Irish
translator
French
English
Spanish
Powers
DeCallot
Warren
Shawnee
Indians
Indian Nation
Union
sub-engineer

notable location

War Office
Western county
frontier
territory
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
town
Ohio
river
Kentucky
Post Vincent
Post Vincennes
St. Genevieve

notable idea/issue

fluent
language
Indian relations
translation
sedition
secession
capture
seizure
imprisonment
national security

document number

1796059911000

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Printed Versions [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: The St. Clair Papers [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Arthur St. Clair [unknown] [n/a]