Diplomatic relations with the Six Nations
Document 1796Pickering critiques the "liberal supplies" that were given to the Six Nations at a time when the United States needed to secure their friendship, and argues that times have since changed and that it is now "both proper and practicable" to restrict their incoming supplies. Pickering announces that the annuity of the Six Nations has been advanced from $1,500 to $4,500 to be paid to blacksmiths and schoolmasters, with clothing and other provisions now issued only very sparingly.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Pickering critiques the "liberal supplies" that were given to the Six Nations at a time when the United States needed to secure their friendship, and argues that times have since changed and that it is now "both proper and practicable" to restrict their incoming supplies. Pickering announces that the annuity of the Six Nations has been advanced from $1,500 to $4,500 to be paid to blacksmiths and schoolmasters, with clothing and other provisions now issued only very sparingly.
Date
03/10/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1796031040002
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Timothy Pickering
Chapin
Six Nations
Iroquois
Onondaga
blacksmith
schoolmaster
teacher
superintendent
Chiefs
British
Indians
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Iroquois Confederacy
Notable items
Treaty of Konondaiqua
supplies
annuity
dollars
money
clothing