Official Reply to Captain Jacob of the Supeonea Nation

Item

Type

Copy of document

Title

Official Reply to Captain Jacob of the Supeonea Nation

Description

U.S. agent informs Jacob that he is forwarding the Chief's message to President Washington.

short description

Spch, inf re sends speech to President.

year created

1792

month created

07

day created

28

sent from location

Canandaigua New York

in image

note

Author is likely to be General Israel Chapin. However, Chapin's authorship could not be confirmed from this document

notable person/group

Israel Chapin
Captain Jacob
President George Washington
Chief
Supeonea Nation
Indians
warriors

notable location

Canandaigua
New York

notable item/thing

speech
strings of wampum
attended to your speech made yesterday
send it immediately to the great chief of the thirteen fires
receive his answer

document number

1792072890101

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) AEP02 (1 pages) Collection: Henry O'Reilly Collection V: 8, P: 33

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author General Israel Chapin Canandaigua New York [n/a]
Recipient Chief Captain Jacob [unknown] [n/a]