Howell, Joseph; Knox, Henry; et al. Documents relating To the Claim of the State of Georgia for Militia Services. 18th Congress, 2d Session. Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1824. First Edition. [11792]
Removed, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 41 pp., foxing. Good. Pamphlet.
An investigation into Georgia's militia services rendered in 1793 and 1794 and of possible payments due to them.
"On the 27th October, 1792, the Secretary of War give information to the Governor of Georgia, that certain towns of the Cherokees, aided by a number of banditti of the Creeks, had decided upon hostility against the United States, and that, probably, their first object would be Cumberland settlements: That the powers of war being invested in Congress, no offensive operations could be taken until they should be pleased to authorize the same: That it was submitted to the Governor wither it would not be 'highly expedient that the militia should be well armed,' and furnished with ammunition, as soon as possible, so as "to be ready for any events"...
Includes correspondence by the important figures, including Henry Knox, on the possibility of war with the Indians and the desirability of avoiding it. Reports of skirmishes, of fourteen blockhouses to be built and garrisoned, of a state of war between the Chickasaws and upper Creeks, &c. Other letters detail troop and ammunition arrivals, expenses, &c.
"Such is the havoc and carnage making by the savages in every direction on our frontiers, that retaliation, by open war, becomes the only resort: the horrid barbarities recently committed, (some recitals of which the enclosures contain) have compelled me to cause the additional aid of six troops of horse to be drawn into service, to range on the frontiers, and also to establish a camp at Shoulderbone, to consist of three battalion companies..." Edward Telfair (then Governor of Georgia) to Henry Knox (then Secretary of War).
