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to the Commissioners for Indian Affairs re: admission of new Commissioners

Burnet instructs the Commissioners to receive payment from Philip Livington for the transport of an enslaved person to Captain Hicks in Virginia. He also instructs them to admit Henry Renslaer and David van Dyck as new Commissioners for Indian...

GLC03107.02156

to the Justices of the County of Albany re: fortifications for Albany

Burnet writes that he approves of the Justices' resolutions, but asks them to consider some other places as well. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01649

to Robert Livingston re: possession of the land called Niagara

Burnet asks Livingston if the Senecas gave the land called Niagara to the English while Coll, Thomas Dongan was still in office, and before the French conquered that territory. He asks that either Livingston or his son look through the old records...

GLC03107.02143

Propositions to the 5 Nations

William Burnet, the Governor of Pennsylvania, invites the 5 Nations to renew the covenant chain between them. He recalls an unhappy incident in which 2 men from Pennsylvania killed an Indian of the 5 Nations in the midst of an argument over the sale...

GLC03107.02146

Propositions to the 5 Nations [in Dutch]

GLC03107.02147

to Lieut. Harme Vedder re: commission to travel to the Seneca's country

Burnet appoints Vedder to travel to the Seneca's country with Abraham Schuyler for a period of 12 months, during which time he is to follow all orders and directions given to him. Marked as a copy on the docket.

GLC03107.02149

to [?] re: trade with Indians

Burnet discusses an Act forbidding the 5 Nations to trade with the French, and how the Indians must take an oath in acknowledgement of this Act. He also desires to find some new interpreters, as he is suspicious of Laurence Claese; and he hopes to...

GLC03107.02159

Propositions to the River and Skachtkook Indians with an answer [in Dutch]

GLC03107.02145

Proposition to the 5 Nations

The Governor consents to renew the covenant chain with the 5 Nations, and hopes that the Indians will begin to convert to Christianity. He also expects that the 5 Nations voice resentment over the misdeeds of the Eastern Indians, and send out...

GLC03107.02153

"Govr Burnets discourse wth 10 Sachims"

Outlines how relations between the French, English, and Indians are to proceed with regard to trade, and what precautions should be made if war becomes a threat. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.01377