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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to [Adam Stephen?]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03724 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 12 December 1787 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 33.3 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Addressed to General Stephens. Possibly to General Adam Stephen, whose name is often misspelled Stephens. Discusses Indian policy, stating "[t]he affairs of the Cherokee Indians are peculiarly perplexed, and require a stronger arm to put them into a proper train than is proposed the present government ..." Mentions a previous treaty with Congress made in 1785. States that he is happy Stephens approves of the new government, and writes "it seems the only mean[s] to avoid the horror and miseries of the weakness of our present situation - New Hampshire, Massachusetts & Connecticut - New Jersey Pennsylvania and Delaware will probably adopt it before the duration of the month of Jany. I hope that Virginia will relish it better than it is reported she does at present." Finishes by stating, "A war between France and England seems inevitable and great probability of a general war in Europe."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Stephen, Adam, 1718-1791

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