Letter discusses land and Indian affairs
Document 1790Letter, discusses Georgia land purchase; discusses land company; mentions Indians.
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[Coll McIntosh
29 Sept 1790]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, discusses Georgia land purchase; discusses land company; mentions Indians.
Date
09/23/1790
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1790092340001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Mountflorence
Capt. Spring
Falken
Col. Werthington
Notable locations
Prince Edward County, Virginia
Cumberland
Nashville
North Carolina
Guilden
Ohio [river]
Mouth of the Yasour
United States
Mississippi [river]
South Carolina
Georgia
Marshvine
Watekes
Notable items
treat with them requesting the settling of those lands
very capital store
party interested in the Georgia purchase
boats to move down
company that had purchased lands at the mouth of the Yasour from the state of Georgia was about sending out a colony to settle there
drive away those adventurers
gentleman living under the jurisdiction of the Watekes under the Spanish government
letter directed to him on the western side of the Mississippi
sure that the court would give sanction to encroachments of that nature
understood that a parcel of lawless bandits had forced themselves within the limits if the United States
by one of the travellers we were informed
several companies have arrived since april last