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.
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.
