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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05601 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0113] September 1792 |
| Title | Minutes of a conversation |
| Date | 6 September 1792 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Minutes of a conversation between Knox and two "Commissionaires of his Catholic Majesty" from Spain, José Ignacio de Viar and José de Jáudenes y Nebot. Discusses relations between Spain and the United States as well as those with the Indians. Mentions a gentleman named Bowles being jailed in Cadiz and what the likelihood of him being sentenced to death is. Also mentions a new Spanish character (who is a Frenchman by birth), and the Spanish take on the recent Creek treaty signed at New York. Discusses a letter that [Thomas Jefferson] had written to the gentlemen. Notes some of the issues the Spanish government had with a treaty made with Choctaws in 1776. |
| Subjects | American Indian History Muscogee (Creeks) Indian Revolutionary War General Government and Civics Global History and Civics Diplomacy Prisoner Death Death Penalty Law Treaty President Boundary or Property Dispute |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Viar, José Ignacio de (fl. 1785-1796) Jáudenes y Nebot, Joséf de (1764-cd. 1819) Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics; Native Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |