Sends Account Books; Refers to Major Lewis's Work with Cherokees

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Sends Account Books; Refers to Major Lewis's Work with Cherokees

Description

Encloses copies of books for August 1799. Intended to send other accounts, but Major Lewis demanded his attention as agent to the Cherokees. Lewis hopes to prevent Indians from becoming an expense to the government.

year created

1799

month created

10

day created

16

author

sent from location

Knoxville

recipient

in image

note

Cited in Simmons to Henley, 11/07/1799.

notable person/group

William Simmons
David Henley
Major Lewis
Agent
Cherokees
Government
Agent of war
accountant

notable location

Knoxville
Tellico
Tennessee

notable item/thing

books
abstracts
accounts
post

document number

1799101670101

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) ZWO19 (1 pages) Collection: Letters Sent by David Henley, Agent of the War Department, May 1, 1799-May 7, 1800. (RG217) [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Citations [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author David Henley Knoxville [n/a]
Recipient William Simmons [unknown] [n/a]