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Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05545 Author/Creator: Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810 Place Written: Newark, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 July 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the situation of Joseph Brant [spelled Brandt] of the Six Nations. Writes in full, "You know [sic] doubt have been informed of the Insult offered Brandt in New York - I find he left New York with his feelings very much wounded. Would it not be proper that Government shew a disapprobation of the act, by prosecuting in the Federal Court the aggression? The honor of the General Government is wounded, and it ought not to pass, with impunity."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807

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