Prospects of aid, magazine of arms, calling up militia of neighboring states
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Prospects of aid, magazine of arms, calling up militia of neighboring states
Description
Georgia Governor Telfair expresses peculiar satisfaction in contemplating prospect of aid and arrangement of calling militia from neighboring states in case of general hostility. Refers to the depredations of Creeks as serious.
year created
1793
month created
04
day created
08
author
sent from location
Augusta Georgia
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in image
notable person/group
Georgia Governor Telfair
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Militia
Creek nation
notable location
Georgia
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
magazines
stores
provisions
notable idea/issue
robbery and murder at Traders Hill St Marys
document number
1793040840050
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | NOP01 (506 pages) | Collection: Third Congress: Transcribed Confidential Reports and Other Communications Transmitted by the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives, 3d Congress, 1st Session, 1793, Vol. II [3C-B2] (RG 233) {M1268, roll 14} | M1268, R: 14, p 179-180 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Governor Edward Telfair | Augusta Georgia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | Philadelphia | [n/a] |