Message for the White Inhabitants Contiguous to Cherokee Nation
Document 1789Federal commissioners entrust friendly messages to Ballew. They request that Ballew transmit message to white inhabitants contiguous to Cherokee nation. Informs them of a truce just negotiated between North Carolina and the Cherokee and that any disruption of the truce will result in repercussions from the federal government.
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Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Federal commissioners entrust friendly messages to Ballew. They request that Ballew transmit message to white inhabitants contiguous to Cherokee nation. Informs them of a truce just negotiated between North Carolina and the Cherokee and that any disruption of the truce will result in repercussions from the federal government.
Date
09/13/1789
Recipient
Sent from
Savannah
Collection
Document number
1789091390300
Note
Enclosed in Lincoln, Griffin, and Humphreys [Report of the Commissioners for treating with the Southern Indians], 11/17/1789.
American State Papers, 1st Congress, 2nd Session, Indian Affairs: Volume 1, page 70.
Notable persons
Bennet Ballew
Indian agent
Cherokee
commissioners
Supreme Executive of the United States
Southern Indians
David S Franks
B Lincoln
C Griffin
D Humphreys
Notable locations
Cherokee nation
North Carolina
Ohio River
War-ford
Warford
frontier
Savannah
Notable items
truce
permanent peace
infraction