False Accusations

Item

Type

Printed Document

Title

False Accusations

Description

False accusations that Pope would attack Spanish garrison addressed, Pope wanted accuser identified and brought to justice.

year created

1797

month created

05

day created

05

sent to location

Natchez

in image

note

An Extract; Document 16 in Report of the Secretary of War to the President, 06/30/1797.

recipient note

Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos

cited note

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

notable person/group

Lieutenant Piercy S. Pope
Manuel
Gayoso de Lemos
Spanish
Lieutenant John McClary
representatives
Andrew Ellicott
King of Spain
Captain Minor
artillery
commander U.S. Troops Mississippi

notable location

Natchez
post
frontier
border
garrison
Spain
Mississippi River

notable item/thing

Treaty of San Lorenzo
Spain United States relations
Pinckney's Treaty
treaty
orders
letter
negotiations
latitude
reinforcements

document number

1797050590001

page start

17

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 Lieutenant Piercy Smith Pope [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos Natchez [n/a]