George Rogers Clark Major General in the armies of France and Commissioner in chief of the French Revelutionary Legion of the Mississippi : A.D.S., [s.l.] 11 Jan. 1794 to Joseph Lindsay
1794
MSS L1984.1.10
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Title
George Rogers Clark Major General in the armies of France and Commissioner in chief of the French Revelutionary Legion of the Mississippi : A.D.S., [s.l.] 11 Jan. 1794 to Joseph Lindsay
Variant Title
[Commission of Joseph Lindsay as Lieutenant in the first Battalion of the second Regiment of Infantry]
Published
1794
Description
[1] leaf ; 26 cm. (fol.)
Call Number
MSS L1984.1.10
Note
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Docketed on verso: Joseph Lindsay, Lieutenant, 2nd Reg.t, 11th Jan.y 1794
Commissions Lindsay "to serve in an expedition designed against the Spaniards of Louisiana and the Floridas by order of Citizen Genet Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France."
Document represents Clark's voluntary and short-lived effort to lead an expedition to free the French and Americans in Louisiana from Spanish rule. After President Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality prohibiting the expedition, Clark ceased recruiting and abandoned the project. Many of the recruits were from Kentucky and Tennessee.
Genet's presumption of authority in such matters was one of the factors that brought about his replacement as French minister.
With seal attached
Docketed on verso: Joseph Lindsay, Lieutenant, 2nd Reg.t, 11th Jan.y 1794
Commissions Lindsay "to serve in an expedition designed against the Spaniards of Louisiana and the Floridas by order of Citizen Genet Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France."
Document represents Clark's voluntary and short-lived effort to lead an expedition to free the French and Americans in Louisiana from Spanish rule. After President Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality prohibiting the expedition, Clark ceased recruiting and abandoned the project. Many of the recruits were from Kentucky and Tennessee.
Genet's presumption of authority in such matters was one of the factors that brought about his replacement as French minister.
With seal attached
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