Deceptive Plans Regarding Land Purchase
Item
Type
Printed Document
Title
Deceptive Plans Regarding Land Purchase
Description
Secretive plans discussed. Action supported by Indian friends. Location of Chisholm unknown. Land purchase discussed.
year created
1797
month created
04
day created
21
author
sent from location
Colonel King's Iron Works
recipient
in collection
in image
note
An Extract; Document 18 in Report of the Secretary of War to the President, 06/30/1797.
cited note
Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
James Carey
William Blount
Creek
Cherokee
Indians
Indian Nation
Captain John Chisholm
John Rogers
Hawkins
Dinsmoor
Byers
President
Congress
British Minister
man of consequence
British
Watts
Commissioners
Doublehead
George Washington
John Stagg
notable location
Colonel King's Iron Works
land
frontier
border
Philadelphia
England
Creek Nation
South Carolina
Georgia
Knoxville
notable item/thing
plan
business
wafer
treaty
whiskey
document number
1797042190001
page start
19
number of pages
2
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (21 pages) | HAB22 (21 pages) | Collection: FO 5/18 Foreign Office Correspondence, America(United States), General Correspondence. | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Blount | Colonel King's Iron Works | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James Carey | [unknown] | Interpreter to the Cherokee ... and assistant to the Indian factory at Tellico" (img 2) |