Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Thomas Mifflin
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06119 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter Date: 14 June 1794 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 31.6 x 20.1cm. Order a Copy
Later copy. Reports he was instructed by the President to inform Mifflin that the president's prior decision made on the 24th still stands. Writes, "It must be obvious to you, sir, and seems even to result from some of the information you have transmitted that the proposed involvement is an extremely delicate one, as it regards our peace with the Six Nations. To bring out hostilities with those nations could be at any time a serious evil, considered in reference to the operations we are carrying out against the more Western tribes…" Further explains their precarious situation with the Creek Indians and notes any hostilities with the Six Nations might lead them to a general Indian War. See GLC02437.06104 for the first letter transmitted on 24 May 1794. Original letter was copied by Secretary [possibly Alexander James] Dallas. This copy was done by Townsend Ward of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Marked received on 16 December 1857.
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