Disavowal of the Conduct of Said Commissioner
Document 1791Knox disavows the ratification by Commissioner Pickering of a lease of lands belonging to the Cayuga Indians to John Richardson and the certification of an assignment of the lands of the Seneca Indians to the daughters of Ebenezer Allen.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Knox disavows the ratification by Commissioner Pickering of a lease of lands belonging to the Cayuga Indians to John Richardson and the certification of an assignment of the lands of the Seneca Indians to the daughters of Ebenezer Allen.
Date
08/17/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1791081700000
Notable persons
George Clinton, Governor of New York
Henry Knox
the President [Washington]
western hostile Indians
Cayuga Nation of Indians
Seneca Indians
daughters of Ebenezer Allen
Notable locations
War Department
Painted Post on the Susquehanna
Notable items
report of Colonel Timothy Pickering, Commissioner of the United States
council held with the Five Nations of Indians
theatre of war
their ruling passion of war
lease of lands
public treaty
disavowal of the conduct of the said Commissioner