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Title
Letter to John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee
Names
United States. Board of Indian Commissioners (Author)
Sevier, John (Addressee)
Collection

Thomas Addis Emmet collection

The Members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1779

The Carolinas and Georgia

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1797-04-16
Place: Tellico Blockhouse, Tenn.
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
Topics
United States. Continental Congress
Genres
Correspondence
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: A. L. S., Benjamin Hawkins; signed also by Andrew Pickens. Endorsed. 3 pp. Fo
Description
In reply to his letter of Apr. 13, handed them by Mr. Cowan, they inform him that the Indians are inclined more peaceably than ever before; that they withhold from him no information whereby the citizens can be injured in any way; a few Indians had been invited to meet there for ends beneficial to the U.S.; that they, Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, and James Winchester, had been appointed Commissioners to mark the boundary lines between the Indians and the U. S.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11868616
MSS Unit ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 1170
Archives EAD ID: 275520
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 69edc240-6a40-0139-c3f3-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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  • 1797: Created
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Letter to John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee