Ogden discusses Indian affairs with Knox

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Ogden discusses Indian affairs with Knox

Description

Letter, discusses Indian delegation.

short description

Ltr, dis Indian delegation.

year created

1790

month created

08

day created

09

author

sent from location

Delaware

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Henry Knox
Samuel Ogden
Brandt
Cherokees
Indians
King of England

notable location

Delaware
England
United States

notable item/thing

make a peace with the Americans
fear I shall be too late for the post
Brandt and the other chiefs after mature consideration objected to the proposition of entering into the war
their common father the King of England had entered into a peace with the United States which was his children
they could not without his permission take up the hatchet
his Lordship
attend on this business
present treaty
communicate it to you
it may not be improper to add that a formal embassy was sent last autumn from the southern indians consisting of fourteen chiefs to the Six nations
relating to the Six Nations a dismal train of evils they had suffered from the Americans
waged a general confederacy and the war being made a common cause
I am this day informed that four Cherokee chiefs have arrived
in order to procure my land
western and northern indians
southern indians in the war against the United States

document number

1790080940001

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) AJU04 (2 pages) Collection: Henry Knox Papers. [microfilm] V: 26, P: 134

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Samuel Ogden Delaware [n/a]
Recipient Henry Knox [unknown] [n/a]