Ohio Historical Society: Archives-Manuscripts Division

4 documents

Request for Military Appointment
01/10/1787 Translated letter (implies transcription)
Henry Knox is responding to Winthrop Sargent's letter requesting an office. He is offering the possibility that Sargent be appointed to the Office of the Inspector of the Troops; but that the …
Winthrop Sargent Papers
State of the Creek Nation
03/13/1791 Copy of document
Comprehensive treatment of every aspect of the culture and lives of the Creek Nation of Indians in 1790-1791. Includes transcript of a journal. 132 page document.
Walker Family Papers
Report on living amongst the Creek Indians
04/29/1791 Autograph Letter Signed
Caleb Swan accounts for his time and travels among the Creek Indians. He has learned a bit of their language, but once McGillivray departed for his winter home in Florida, he found it intolerable to …
Walker Family Papers
Relations with the Northwestern Tribes
04/30/1799 Letter Signed
Mc Henry discusses in some detail relations with the northwestern Indians and refuses to consider a reassessment of the lines established by the Treaty of Greenville which a number of Indian chiefs …
Timothy Pickering Papers