Peace and Politics with Frontier Indians

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Peace and Politics with Frontier Indians

Description

State of tranquility on frontier attributed to peaceful overtures made by U.S. towards Cherokees.

year created

1792

month created

09

day created

15

author

sent from location

War Department

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Henry Lee
Henry Knox
Governor Blount
General Pickens
Cherokee
Indians
Indian Nation
Six Nations
Secretary at War
General Anthony Wayne
hostile Indians
Major Trueman
Indian hunter
boy
Colonel Hardin
Captain Hendrickks
interpreter
Canada Indians
Governor Lee
Governor Virginia
His Exellency

notable location

Tennessee
Miami River
general government
Canada
Niagara
War Department
frontier
Virginia
Fort Pitt
Fort Washington
Nashville
river
Ohio

notable item/thing

goods

notable idea/issue

transport
peace
overtures
murder
council

document number

1792091513001

number of pages

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) LBE19 (3 pages) Collection: Executive Papers, Office of Governors Letters B: 75, (Henry Lee)
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Printed Versions [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: Calendar of Virginia State Papers [unknown]

Document names

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