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Alexander and Thomas McKee collection [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1793-1809.

Reference:

R7946-0-9-E, MG19-F16

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

106007

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Alexander and Thomas McKee collection
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Date(s):

1793-1809.

Place of creation:

United States

Added country of publication:

Ontario, Québec (Province)

Extent:

0.9 cm of textual records (42 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of two letters of John McDonald to Alexander McKee, 1794, concerning his post at Cherokees (pp. 1-8) and enclosing a letter from G. Welbank to McKee, 1793, concerning the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (pp. 9-11) and two speeches of the Cherokee chiefs to McKee, 1793 (pp. 12-18); a commission appointing Richard Pollard and Lt. David Cowan agents to ratify an agreement with the Ojibwe (Chippewa) and to complete purchase of St. Joseph Island, 1798 (pp. 19-20); a letter of Robert Prescott to Peter Russell, 1798, concerning the sale of First Nations lands (pp. 21-23); a letter of Peter Russell to Prideaux Selby, 1799, concerning Thomas McKee, Alexander Grant and James Baby, acting as Superintendent (pp. 24-26), and the speech of Enola (Black Fox) to the Shawnee chiefs, 1809 (contemporary copy; pp. 27-29). Also a list of names which First Nation (connected with the Mohawks) use to address each other in public conferences, n.d. (1 page); a report of Alexander McKee of the message delivered by two Delaware chiefs at the foot of the Rapids, 1794 (2 pages); a census of First Nations people visiting Amherstburg, April 1802 to February 1806 (2 pages); Thomas McKee's answer given to the chiefs of the Sauk (Saukees) and Potawatomi (Potawatomies) Nations, 1806 (1 page); Thomas McKee's report, 1807, on information obtained by the Shawnees at Greenville from Le tourneau, an Obijwe (Chippewa) chief (3 pages) and a report of T.D. (Thomas Douglas?), 1807, of a speech by Le Maigonis to the Indigenous people assembled at the entrance to Lake Michigan, received from three Indigenous people present.

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McKee, Alexander, ca. 1735-1799

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Author: McKee, Thomas, d. 1814?

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McKee, Alexander, ca. 1735-1799 : Alexander McKee (d. 1799), a native of Pennsylvania, was deputy Indian agent at Fort Pitt, 1772-1778, after which he fled with Simon Girty to Detroit. From 1778 he was Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs at Detroit, and from 1796 at Sandwich, Upper Canada.

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General note:

Transferred from MG 19, F 11.

Custodial history:

Presented in 1937 by R. Jebb, The Lyth, Shropshire, England.
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Mohawk Indians

Mohawk (Indiens)

Creek Indians

Sauk Indians

Shawnee Indians

Cherokee Indians

Potawatomi Indians

Delaware Indians

Sauk (Indiens)

Creek (Indiens)

Cherokee (Indiens)

Shawnee (Indiens)

Delaware (Indiens)

Potawatomi (Indiens)

Indians of North America United States

Indiens Amérique du Nord États-Unis

Indian agents United States

Agents des Affaires indiennes États-Unis
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Private

Former archival reference no.:

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MG19-F16
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Volume [MG19 F 16] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

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