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George Washington: “I have received authentic information that certain lawless and wicked persons of the western frontier in the State of…”

On the recordDecember 11, 1792
I have received authentic information that certain lawless and wicked persons of the western frontier in the State of Georgia did lately invade, burn, and destroy a town belonging to the Cherokee Nation.
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George Washington
Independent · Virginia

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Proclamation 3A—Offering Reward for the Capture of Participants in the Burning of a Georgia Cherokee Indian Town

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