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Hunter, Robert, 1664-1734 Proposition to the 5 Nations regarding Virginia

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02131 Author/Creator: Hunter, Robert, 1664-1734 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 1717/06/16 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 33 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Governor Hunter states that the Governor of Virginia has informed him that the 5 Nations recently attacked a nation of Indians settled in an English fort as they prepared to make peace with the colony of Virginia. He reminds the 5 Nations that this is a breach of the covenant made between the 5 Nations and Virginia, and demands that the Indians give satisfaction for their destruction. Docketed on p.4.

Hunter, Robert, 1664-1734

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