Regarding a Spanish Spy

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Regarding a Spanish Spy

Description

Describes evidence of a Spanish spy or agent and discusses the possibility of a Spanish alliance with Indians against the United States.

year created

1797

month created

08

day created

09

author

sent from location

Lexington, Virginia

recipient

in collection

in image

notable person/group

James McHenry
N. Hunter
Knox
Pickering
Hunter
Ellicot
Allen
Powers
doctor
Natchez
Chickasaws
Indians
Spanish
Spaniards
Wolf
magistrate
attorney general
Charles Lee
spy
King Charles IV

notable location

Lexington
Virginia
Spain
Nashville
Cumberland
Natchez Nation
Chickasaw Nation
Philadelphia
frontier
wilderness
Pennsylvania

notable item/thing

Custody
dispatches
papers
wound

notable idea/issue

Allegiance

document number

1797080940001

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (4 pages) BRG07 (4 pages) Collection: James McHenry Papers B: 2, 4

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author N. Hunter Lexington, Virginia [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]