Invitation to Five Nations to Visit Philadelphia
Document 1791Suggests visit to Philadelphia to discuss the introduction of various skills related to goods production, all promises of gifts to be fulfilled at Great Council fire in Philadelphia.
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To the Sachems Chiefs and
Warriors of the Five Nations.
Brothers.
In the last Speech I
made to you at the Council Fire
at Hoston I proposed that a
small Number of the Chief Youths
come to Philadelphia after Town
Harvest, to see the Great Chiefs,
and the Great Council of the
United States, in order to [undecipherable]
them the Laws and manner
of intercourse among you
the Knowledge of Farming of
Smiths & Carpenters work, of
Spinning & Weaving, and of
reading & writing.
Brothers.
I gave you strong assurance
that our Great Chiefs and Great
Council would provide for any
whatever should be necessary
for those purposes. That you
might become knowing & happy
in the abundance of all good
things like your Brothers of the
United States. I told you that
my words should be true, and
that what I Spoke should come
from my heart.
Brothers. I now Speak to inform
you that the Great Chief and
the
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Suggests visit to Philadelphia to discuss the introduction of various skills related to goods production, all promises of gifts to be fulfilled at Great Council fire in Philadelphia.
Date
12/19/1791
Author
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1791121900001
Page start
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Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Sachams
Chiefs
Warriors
Five Nations
Indians
Indian Nation
President
Great Chief
Great Council
interpreter
Notable locations
Philadelphia
council fire
council
Notable items
allowances
gifts
