Explains Account for John W. Hooker and Reasons for Granting Licenses to Indian Territory
Document 1800Responds to questions about bill drawn to John W. Hooker, who paid Barclay McGhee, for waggoning at the garrisons at Tellico. This contract should furnish Captain Butler with a team. Forwards list of people licensed to trade with the Indian Nations. Explains reason for granting license to John Chisholm. Discusses interactions with people requesting licenses to act as Indian agents.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Responds to questions about bill drawn to John W. Hooker, who paid Barclay McGhee, for waggoning at the garrisons at Tellico. This contract should furnish Captain Butler with a team. Forwards list of people licensed to trade with the Indian Nations. Explains reason for granting license to John Chisholm. Discusses interactions with people requesting licenses to act as Indian agents.
Date
04/09/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Repository
Collection
Document number
1800040940301
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
David Henley
John W. Hooker
Barclay McGhee
Quartermaster's Department
Colonel Butler
Indian Nations
John Chisholm
British Officers
Rufus King
Colonel Pickering
Colonel Hawkins
Bloody Fellow
Indian Agents
Creeks
agent of war
Benjamin Hawkins
Notable locations
Knoxville
Tellico
Tennessee
Notable items
bill
certificate
factory
goods
contract