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

Governor Edward Telfair

sent from location

Augusta Georgia

recipient

Henry Knox

sent to location

Philadelphia

in 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}

in image

NOP01

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
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