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John Norton Teyoninhokarawen to John Owen, Grand River, 19 March 1809 [textual record]

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March 19, 1809.

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R18372-9-7-E, Volume number: 1

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John Norton Teyoninhokarawen to John Owen, Grand River, 19 March 1809
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Date(s):

March 19, 1809.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

12 p. of textual records: on four sheets.

Language of material:

English

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Item is a letter from John Norton Teyoninhokarawen to Reverend John Owen, Grand River, 19 March 1809 (transcription?).

In this letter, Norton provide details of his biography. He indicates that he "was born into the British Army" and that as a small child, he witnessed the Battle of Bunker Hill (Boston, June 17, 1775). He talks about his father ("a British officer took him from the Cherokees") and his mother ("daughter of a farmer at Saline in Fifeshire") and mentions that they returned to Scotland, where he was schooled, after his father was discharged. He talks about the journey of the family to Quebec City, Montreal and Niagara and his desertion from the 65th Regiment of foot. He worked as a printer's clerk in Quebec City, where he learned French and lived with his mother until her passing.

Norton also mentions his time in the Tyendinaga Mohawk community (Bay of Quinte), his encounter with Joseh Brant Thayendanegea and his son Isaac, or Karaguantier, and his journey in the United States. He speaks about his return to the Grand River, becoming an interpreter, his adoption by Brant, and his farm and family. He mentions his voyage to England, the question land sales on the Grand River and that five hundred copies of the Gospel of St John [translater by him in Mohawk] arrived in Montreal.

List of names of Owen's family in Mohawk.
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Barclay, Robert, 1751-1830

Haudenosaunee

Six Nations

Author: Norton, John (Teyoninhokarawen), 1770-1827
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Acquired from descendants of Robert Barclay (1751-1830), England.

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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R18372]

[Consultation 99 Closed pending processing]

1 File number 9

[Consultation 99 Closed pending processing]

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