Plan of Zachariah Cox & Co. for Land Acquisition from the Chickasaws

Item

Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Title

Plan of Zachariah Cox & Co. for Land Acquisition from the Chickasaws

Description

Hawkins summarized Cox's plan to obtain the Tennessee Company's claim from the Chickasaws. He expected Cox had been arrested and would soon be brought to justice.

year created

1797

month created

08

day created

06

recipient

in collection

in publication

note

Cited in Hawkins to McHenry, 11/19/1797.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

James McHenry
Benjamin Hawkins
Zachariah Cox
Cox
Zachariah Cox & Co.
Chickasaws
Indian Nation
Colonel Butler
Colonel Henley
Secretary of War
Governor Sevier
President
accomplice

notable location

Tennessee
Indian land
town
Elk

notable item/thing

pamphlet prospectus
license

notable idea/issue

land claim
arrest
punishment
trade
boundary disputes
Indian relations

document number

1797080640000

number of pages

1

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
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[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: The Hawkins Letters [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Benjamin Hawkins [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]