Request for Delivery of Indian Presents for Cherokees
Document 1797Directs delivery of annual gifts for Cherokee nation.
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[War Office
April 6.th 1797
Cherokee goods to be del.
for transportation in —
[undecipherable]]
War-Office, April 6th 1797.
Sir. You will please to deliver Mr Hodgdon, for transportation, the goods intended as the annual supply for the [underline: Cherokee Nation of Indians,] which you inform me are ready for delivery.
James McHenry
Samuel Hodgdon [undecipherable]
Mr John Harris.
Type
Document Signed
Description
Directs delivery of annual gifts for Cherokee nation.
Date
04/06/1797
Author
Recipient
Document number
1797040600201
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Harris
Cherokee Nation
storekeeper
James McHenry
Secretary of War
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
War Office
Notable items
Cherokee goods
delivery
annual gifts
annuities
transportation
annual supply