Pickering asks Chapin to inform the Oneidas of U.S. law
Document 1795Letter, discusses New York treaty with Oneidas; discusses conduct of New York commissioners; alludes to State rights and Federal Government.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, discusses New York treaty with Oneidas; discusses conduct of New York commissioners; alludes to State rights and Federal Government.
Date
08/26/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Collection
Document number
1795082600101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Captaind Israel Chapin
Timothy Pickering
Notable locations
Canandaigua
War Office
United States
Notable items
proper not to give them any countenance
law declares such purchases of the indians as those commissioners were attempting to make invalid
right to inform the indians of the law and the illegality of such purchase
negotiation
Oneida
commissioners were acting in defiance of the law of the United States
superintendant of Indian affairs
received your leter of the treaty held at Scipio where the commissioners of New York purchased the land of the Onandagas and Cayugas
proposed to go to Oneida where you supposed that might be influenced to avoid a sale