Acceptance [?] of Post as Indian Commissioner
Document 1795[Mostly illegible] Appears to accept Pickering's offer of the post as commissioner for the negotiations between New York and the St. Regis [Iroquois] Indians.
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[undecipherable] 1792. -
Sir your letter of the 25 July did
[undecipherable] til the Mail was closed last night
[undecipherable] Commissioner- to holde[r] a Treaty
[undecipherable] Indians - as I am but One Hundred.
[undecipherable] it will be most convenient for me
[undecipherable] of the State of N York at Albany, [&]
[undecipherable] instructions here as soon
[undecipherable] to you &to have the day [fixed]
[undecipherable] at Albany - I am Sir &c
[Tim]othy [Pick]ering Esqr - J Wadsworth
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
[Mostly illegible] Appears to accept Pickering's offer of the post as commissioner for the negotiations between New York and the St. Regis [Iroquois] Indians.
Date
08/07/1795
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1795080740001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Jeremiah Wadsworth
Iroquois
Indians
Notable locations
New York
St. Regis