Directions for the Factor of the Southern Trading Posts
Document 1795Pickering provides detailed instructions for James Byers, the new factor of the southern trading posts, and emphasizes the General Government's policy of treating the Indians with fairness and benevolence.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Pickering provides detailed instructions for James Byers, the new factor of the southern trading posts, and emphasizes the General Government's policy of treating the Indians with fairness and benevolence.
Date
11/26/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Collection
Document number
1795112640001
Page start
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Notable persons
James Byers
Timothy Pickering
Congress
the President [Washington]
the Purveyor
traders
Governor Blount, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Southwestern Territory
Cherokee Nation
southern tribes
Interpreter
Commanding Officer of the troops at the Trading Post
Colonel David Henley
Contractor
Notable locations
War Office
Georgia
Southwestern territory
Knoxville
Notable items
trade with the Indian nations on our borders
trading posts
directions as the factor
instructions
moderate prices
sales
prime cost and all charges
invoices
transportation of the goods
easy terms
liberality and friendship of the United States
ties of interest and gratitude
foundation of a lasting peace
numerous accidents and losses
prices of the goods
unfair dealing
money or peltry
market in Philadelphia
factory
benevolent principles
blockhouse
refusal of credit
mode of saving and packing the peltries
character of perfect probity and sobriety
treaty
buildings
whiskey