Petitioning to allow trade to continue at the Ottawa towns
Document 1797Leith, Shepherd and Duff are petitioning Wilkinson to allow a trading house to remain in the Ottawa towns. The current clerk at the town, James McDonald, has been charged with dishonorable conduct, and the petitioners offer that Leith shall oversee the trading house until a suitable replacement is found. The three men realize they do not possess the necessary license from the government, and so they enclose a receipt from the clerk of the court for said license. McDonald is charged with having bought horses from the Indians, and if true the petitioners promise they will return them.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Leith, Shepherd and Duff are petitioning Wilkinson to allow a trading house to remain in the Ottawa towns. The current clerk at the town, James McDonald, has been charged with dishonorable conduct, and the petitioners offer that Leith shall oversee the trading house until a suitable replacement is found. The three men realize they do not possess the necessary license from the government, and so they enclose a receipt from the clerk of the court for said license. McDonald is charged with having bought horses from the Indians, and if true the petitioners promise they will return them.
Date
10/15/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Wayne
Repository
Collection
Document number
1797101590101
Page start
1
Notable persons
James Wilkinson
multiple
James McDonald
Notable locations
Fort Wayne
Notable items
Trading with the Indians, possessing proper license
buying horses from the Ottawa
peace between the British and United States