Disavowal of the Conduct of Said Commissioner

Item

Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Title

Disavowal of the Conduct of Said Commissioner

Description

Knox disavows the ratification by Commissioner Pickering of a lease of lands belonging to the Cayuga Indians to John Richardson and the certification of an assignment of the lands of the Seneca Indians to the daughters of Ebenezer Allen.

year created

1791

month created

08

day created

17

author

sent from location

War Department

recipient

in collection

in publication

notable person/group

George Clinton, Governor of New York
Henry Knox
the President [Washington]
western hostile Indians
Cayuga Nation of Indians
Seneca Indians
daughters of Ebenezer Allen

notable location

War Department
Painted Post on the Susquehanna

notable item/thing

report of Colonel Timothy Pickering, Commissioner of the United States
council held with the Five Nations of Indians
theatre of war
their ruling passion of war
lease of lands
public treaty
disavowal of the conduct of the said Commissioner

document number

1791081700000

Document instances

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Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox War Department [n/a]
Recipient George Clinton [unknown] [n/a]