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Showenoos people Speech made to Coll. Robert Hunter

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02099 Author/Creator: Showenoos people Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1710/10/21 Pagination: 1p. + docket 32.8 x 21.2 cm Order a Copy

The Showenoos Indians welcome Coll. Hunter to New York, and state that they have come only to show him love and respect.

Hunter, Robert, 1664-1734
Showenoos people

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