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Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740 to Robert Hunter re: attacks made by the 5 Nations [excerpt]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02123 Author/Creator: Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740 Place Written: Virginia Type: Letter Date: 1717/05/30 Pagination: 2p. : docket : Height: 30.9 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

The Governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood, writes to Governor Hunter to inform him that the 5 Nations have attacked a nation of Indians in an English fort as they prepared to make peace with Virginia. Docket notes that this is an excerpt of a letter.

Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740
Hunter, Robert, 1664-1734

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