Street, Samuel, fl. 1790 to Jeremiah Wadsworth
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04670 Author/Creator: Street, Samuel, fl. 1790 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 August 1790 Pagination: 3 p. : address ; Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy
Considers the implications of a recent diplomatic success Colonel [Alexander] McGillivray had negotiating on behalf of the Creek Nation. McGillivray recovered for the Creeks land that the governor of Georgia had given to Georgia citizens. He declared that under the law, the President had to help protect Indians' rights and allow them a redress of grievances. Street hopes that a similar dispensation will be given to the Five Nations. Declares that in the same law, "the President is vested with power to make such order respecting the Indian Tribes which are surrounded in their settlements by the Citizens of the United States, as he may deem proper." Suggests that while making an accommodation with the Five Nations might not seem as important as working with the Creeks, the Five Nations are allied with the Shawnee; an accommodation with the Five Nations could therefore "be paving the way for a similar settlement with the Shawnee." It would also "make the Inhabitants of the Frontiers feel sure and easy in their settlements." Hopes they can take steps to accomplish the goal soon.
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