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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.08454 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0162] Undated: The New Nation |
| Title | Notes on troops in North Carolina and Georgia |
| Date | ca. 1790-1791 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Notes the number of troops stationed in Ohio, Florida, the North Carolina frontier, Georgia. Troop totals add up to 1,680. Lists reasons for the proposed troop augmentation. These reasons include: to awe the Wabash and Creek Indians, to draw "a line of posts around them [the Creeks]," and to protect frontier settlements. Writes on "The situation, Temper, and views of the frontier people to be stated - and the general policy considered of protecting and regulating them - or of suffering them to protect themselves and of the immediate and ultimate consequences of such a measure." Makes references to [Don Diego de] Gardoqui, George Morgan, General [Arthur] St. Claire, Major [Jean-François] Hamtramck, and Major Wyllis [John P. Wyllys]. Notes that "The assistance of McGillivray [sic] has probably received from the Spaniards 6000 arms." Recommends that "If a war should be inevitable with the Creeks, as appears highly probable, the establishment of some of the posts would be places of arms at where the troops should be collected - particularly - the Oconces - & the Muscle Shoals, so as to strike the upper and lower creeks at once." Dates estimated from content. |
| Subjects | American Indian History Muscogee (Creeks) Indian Military History Government and Civics Frontiers and Exploration Northwest Indian War Weaponry Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Immigration and Migration Westward Expansion |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Wyllys, John Plasgrave (1754-1790) St. Clair, Arthur (1737-1818) Gardoqui y Arriquibar, Diego (1735-1798) Hamtramck, John Francis (1756-1803) |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Native Americans; Westward Expansion |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |