Land speculation and the western frontier
Document 1796Dillon describes Tennessee and other western lands, while promoting land speculation and the surefire profits that come with speculating. Dillon mentions peace with Indians, but alludes to White encroachment and aggression.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Dillon describes Tennessee and other western lands, while promoting land speculation and the surefire profits that come with speculating. Dillon mentions peace with Indians, but alludes to White encroachment and aggression.
Date
05/22/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Nashville
Repository
Collection
Document number
1796052240201
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Thomas Dillon
John Chisholm
John Sevier
Henley
John Armstrong
Indians
tribes
speculators
chiefs
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Nashville
Philadelphia
Knoxville
Tellico Blockhouse
Tennessee
Fort Defiance
Fort Granger
Holstein
Fort Blount on the Cumberland River
North Carolina
Sout Carolina
Georgia
North America
Kentucky
Cumberland
Lynchburg
west
frontier
western territory
northwest territory
Notable items
Land
settlement
dollars
buildings
log cabins
provisions
garrisons
treaty