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13 August 1783
Pearsee, Jonathon, fl. 1780-1797
[Request for rations]
Request for thirty days' worth of provisions for Indians going to "Niagia." Note of receipt signed with a mark by a Peter Quenungedau.
GLC02437.02382
18 August 1783
Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818
Request for provisions for Indians. Noted as written at Head Quarters. Countersigned by a Captain Joseph.
GLC02437.02396
7 July 1789
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to George Washington
Written from the War Office. Provides an extensive analysis of the United States's relationship with the Creek Nation in the Ohio territories as well as Georgia. Also provides information on other nations, such as the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and...
GLC02437.04272
7 August 1790
A draft of a letter to Washington from Secretary of War Knox sketching out elements of a treaty with the Creek Indians. Signed a public treaty with the Creeks, represented by Alexander McGillivray and all the Creek leaders able to attend....
GLC02437.04673
21 July 1788
to Richard Butler
Discusses the possibility of Butler's reappointment [as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Northern district]. Marked private.
GLC02437.03944
20 December 1788
Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810
to Henry Knox
Comments on the United States Constitution in Virginia. Notes that he was banished from the house of delegates, but returned to "one of the most antifederal assemblies that could possibly have been collected from amongst the people. This body met...
GLC02437.04057
14 August 1790
McGillvray, Alexander, 1750-1793
[Oath of allegiance]
Creek chief McGillivray swears an oath of allegiance to the United States government and swears to obey the President of the United States as well as "orders of the officers appointed over me." He further agrees to obey "the true intent and meaning...
GLC02437.04691
16 December 1790
Briggs, Isaac, 1763-1825
to Benjamin Hawkins
Briggs opens his letter to Senator and Indian agent Hawkins with an allegory of a drunken servant beaten by master; other servants and lower types told the beaten man to commit suicide to escape his situation, others counseled patience, some wanted...
GLC02437.04798
10 June 1791
to John Adams
Written by Secretary of War Knox to Vice President Adams. Thanks Adams for his hospitality at Bush Hill. Mentions criticism of Adams's travels in the Connecticut and New York newspapers. Comments on the "political heresy [of the] American edition...
GLC02437.04986
19 June 1791
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Written by Vice President Adams to Secretary of War Knox. References Knox's letter of 10 June. Is happy Knox is pleased with his situation at Bush Hill. Hopes to hear soon "of the Birth of a peaceable son of Mars." Says he did not know about the...
GLC02437.05014
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