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Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858 to Jasper Parish

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00923 Author/Creator: Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858 Place Written: Oneida, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 27, 1820 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 26 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Williams writes to Parish, an interpreter and Indian agent to the Six Nations, about a proposal to remove the Iroquois tribes of upstate New York to the Old Northwest. Discusses Secretary of War John C. Calhoun's intention to arrange for the move, which includes transferring land now controlled by other groups in the Northwest to the Six Nations. He indicates that the U.S. Government expects Parish's cooperation and will depend on his influence. Williams was a mixed blood Indian who later claimed to be the lost French Dauphin.

Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858
Parish, Jasper, 1767-1836
Calhoun, John Caldwell, 1782-1850

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