Tents for Cherokees
Document 1794Order to give Cherokee Indians tents for their return trip to their country.
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War department, June 27 1794.
Mr.
Deliver to Iench Francis, [strikethrough: fix] —
Common Tents, to accommodate the Cherokee
Indians on their journey back to their own
country —
I am Sir
Your ob: Servt
H Knox
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr Dr
One horsemans tent for Mr
Dinsmore.
[Mr. Francis requests Mr. Hodgdon to find up in a piece of cloth the above 6 Common Tents and 1 Horsemans — and mark the Contents on the Cover directed for Mr. Dinsmore. — they will call for in an hour.]
[Samuel Hodgdon Dr]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Order to give Cherokee Indians tents for their return trip to their country.
Date
06/27/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794062700001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Henry Knox
Cherokee
Indian Nation
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
common tents
tents

