Commissioners Arriving and Purchase of Indian Lands
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Commissioners Arriving and Purchase of Indian Lands
Description
Commissioners arriving from the Governor of Halifax, discussed their transportation. Bemoaned delayed travel arrangements and personal agenda. Negotiations for Indian lands required acquiescing to any demands Indians make on U.S.
year created
1784
month created
08
day created
16
author
recipient
in collection
in microfilm
in image
notable person/group
Benjamin Lincoln
Henry Knox
commissioners
Governor of Halifax
governor and council
commissary
Devens
Indians
Partridge
Mrs. Lincoln
Indian Nation
notable location
Hingham
Papamaquadi
Passumaquaddi
Passamaquadi
frontier
territory
notable item/thing
business
list of stores
packet
vessel
application
notable idea/issue
nature and quantity of things
Indian relations
land rights
boundary
peace
war
treaty
document number
1784081660001
page start
1
number of pages
3
transcription
General Lincoln
Hingham
[docket in margin in another hand]
Gen Knox
Augst 16th 1784
Dorchester Monday Morng 16 Augt 1784
My dear Sir I received your note of the 10th on Friday evening,
informing me that you should not be ready to sail untill
the 25th. I wish it were possible to be sooner, as I have so
long postponed my own business that I am apprehensive
I shall not have a sufficiency of time to perform it in any
tolerable manner previous to the first of October at which
time it is indispensably necessary I should be here.
A Vessell has arrived from Passamaquadi and says that
Commissioners from the Governor of Hallifax are the? have
arrived [indecipherable: several words crossed out] for us -
If you still adhere to your former day
of the 25th or if you could possibly fix a shorter one, it will
I will do every thing in my power to accelerate our
departure. Whatever Vessell is determined upon, application[?]
must be made to the Governor and Council for it - This
will be a matter of some days --- Mr. Commissary says[?]
he must have a list of Stores some days previous to
our departure --- If you will see and fix the affair[?]
with the master of the longest hingham Packet, or if he
cannot go, or his Vessel is unfit, we will endevor in conjunction
with Mr. Devens to find a suitable one here --- We ought
to determine upon the nature and quantity of things to be
presented to the indians, and make application for them
-- We shall appear ridiculous enough in their eyes
to ask them for their land, and not give them any
thing to prepare their minds to acquiesce in so modest
a request. I hope you have you consulted with Mr. Partridge
& know his precise time.
I am my dear Sir, with compliments
to Mrs. Lincoln and your [word crossed out] amiable Family
Your Affectionate
H Knox
Genl Lincoln
Hingham
[docket in margin in another hand]
Gen Knox
Augst 16th 1784
Dorchester Monday Morng 16 Augt 1784
My dear Sir I received your note of the 10th on Friday evening,
informing me that you should not be ready to sail untill
the 25th. I wish it were possible to be sooner, as I have so
long postponed my own business that I am apprehensive
I shall not have a sufficiency of time to perform it in any
tolerable manner previous to the first of October at which
time it is indispensably necessary I should be here.
A Vessell has arrived from Passamaquadi and says that
Commissioners from the Governor of Hallifax are the? have
arrived [indecipherable: several words crossed out] for us -
If you still adhere to your former day
of the 25th or if you could possibly fix a shorter one, it will
I will do every thing in my power to accelerate our
departure. Whatever Vessell is determined upon, application[?]
must be made to the Governor and Council for it - This
will be a matter of some days --- Mr. Commissary says[?]
he must have a list of Stores some days previous to
our departure --- If you will see and fix the affair[?]
with the master of the longest hingham Packet, or if he
cannot go, or his Vessel is unfit, we will endevor in conjunction
with Mr. Devens to find a suitable one here --- We ought
to determine upon the nature and quantity of things to be
presented to the indians, and make application for them
-- We shall appear ridiculous enough in their eyes
to ask them for their land, and not give them any
thing to prepare their minds to acquiesce in so modest
a request. I hope you have you consulted with Mr. Partridge
& know his precise time.
I am my dear Sir, with compliments
to Mrs. Lincoln and your [word crossed out] amiable Family
Your Affectionate
H Knox
Genl Lincoln
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | FDA21 (3 pages) | Collection: Robert Goodloe Harper | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Microfilm: Benjamin Lincoln Papers | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Benjamin Lincoln | [unknown] | [n/a] |