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Reverend Samuel Kirkland

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Reverend Samuel Kirkland

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Reverend Samuel Kirkland

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Presbyterian missionary w/ Oneida & Tuscaror. Founder Hamilton-Oneida Academy. Student of Native American languages. Lived w/ Indian tribes. Advisor and ambassador Iroquois during the Revolutionary War. After war, helped negotiate treaties.

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Advisor and ambassador Iroquois during the Revolutionary War. After war, helped negotiate treaties

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Samuel

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Kirkland

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Title	Alternate label	Class
Letter from the Reverend Samuel Kirkland to Secretary of War Henry Knox on arrival of Five Nations delegation at Bethlehem, and accomodations upon arrival	author	Document
Letter Citation	author	Document
Letter from the Reverend Samuel Kirkland to Colonel Timothy on New York Governor Clinton; land transactions of Peter Smith; Thonoghleyo and Big Beard and their service during the Battle of Saratoga for General Benedict Arnold	author	Document

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Title	Alternate label	Class
Letter from Secretary of War Henry Knox to the Reverend Samuel Kirkland informing that the President of United States General George Washington can accomodate twenty two of the Indians Chiefs for dinner on 22 April 1792		Document
Debts of an Oneidan Indian		Document
Letter Citation		Document