Request for Troops to Wait for Evacuation

Item

Type

Printed Document

Title

Request for Troops to Wait for Evacuation

Description

Spanish posts waiting for verification of orders to evacuate, request U.S. troops to camp on banks of river until confirmation is received.

year created

1797

month created

03

day created

25

sent from location

Natchez

recipient

in image

note

An Extract; Document 8 in Report of the Secretary of War to the President, 06/30/1797.

author note

Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos

cited note

Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office

notable person/group

Captain Alexander Pope
Gayoso de Lemos
Manuel
Don
Spanish
Mr. Philip Minor
General Wayne
Baron Carondelet
General in Chief
Captain Stephen Minor
troops
Catholic Majesty
King of Spain
adjutant
Generals
Lieutenant Pope

notable location

Nogals
Natchez
post
Spain
post
Mississippi
river

notable item/thing

military stores
evacuation of posts by Spain

document number

1797032590055

page start

7

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) HAB22 (21 pages) Collection: FO 5/18 Foreign Office Correspondence, America(United States), General Correspondence. [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos Natchez [n/a]
Recipient Alexander Pope [unknown] [n/a]