Transportation of Goods to the Cherokees, Etc.

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Transportation of Goods to the Cherokees, Etc.

Description

Letter, discusses goods provided for the Cherokees by the Treaty; discusses Indian treaty; mentions an execution in Tennessee.

year created

1798

month created

02

day created

28

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

sent to location

Knoxville

in image

note

Partially illegible.

notable person/group

David Henley
Samuel Hodgdon
Strausse
Wolfe
Brant
Cherokee Indians
wagoners

notable location

Knoxville
Philadelphia
Tennessee

notable item/thing

advance
credit
execution
treaty
wagons

notable phrase

dollars to enable them to proceed
sums should prove insufficient
please to make them a further advance
placed to your credit in my books
public leaving on hand at the time of their arrival
transported for a small expense
execution in the state of Tennessee
left this city with their waggons loaded
number of articles
Treaty with the Cherokee Indians
papers necessary for conveying the law
waggoners

document number

1798022828355

page start

25

number of pages

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (560 pages) BJA01 (560 pages) Collection: Samuel Hodgdon Letterbook, Philadelphia, Pa., Arsenal, 1798-99. P:025

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient David Henley Knoxville [n/a]