Permission to Pass into Cherokee Nation
Document 1791Authorized Martin to pass through Cherokee territory safely.
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To all to whom these presents shall come greeting:
Know ye, that I Henry Lee, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia by Virtue of the powers in me vested by the tenth Article of the Treaty of Peace existing between the United States of America and the Cherokee Nation of Indians have granted and do here[strikethrough: by] by grant unto Joseph Martin Esquire of the County of Henry Permission to pass and repass to and from the Country of the Cherokee Nation of Indians. This Passport to continue and be in force until the first day of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety [undecipherable] or sooner revoked.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the 10th day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety one.
Henrÿlee
Type
Document Signed
Description
Authorized Martin to pass through Cherokee territory safely.
Date
12/10/1791
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1791121090001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joseph Martin
Henry Lee
Governor of Virginia
Cherokee
Indians
Indian Nation
Notable locations
Virginia
Henry County
Cherokee Nation
Richmond
Notable items
treaty of peace
pass
passport
seal

