[Western Frontier collection]. Original title: Indians of the western frontier collection [textual record]

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[Western Frontier collection]. Original title: Indians of the western frontier collection [textual record]

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Collection

Date:

1732-1747.

Reference:

R2152-0-5-E, MG19-F11

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103996

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[Western Frontier collection]. Original title: Indians of the western frontier collection
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Date(s):

1732-1747.

Place of creation:

Ohio

Added country of publication:

Pennsylvania

Extent:

0.1 cm of textual records (3 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of "The Speech of the French to the Shawanisse att Ohioh", in which the speaker claims alliance with the English, condoles on the death of a chief, and declares that the French, English, Five Nations (Mohawk, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca -- collectively known as Haudenosaunee), Delawares (Lenape) and Shawnees (Shaawanwaki) are at peace, dated 2 May 1732, 1 page; as well as a letter from Conrad Weiser to Richard Peters, concerning his political activities among the Six Nations (Mohawk, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora -- collectively known as Haudenosaunee) and adjacent peoples, their relations with the French, their justified grievances against the British authorities, and criticism of William Johnson's treaty with the Mohawk people, dated 1747, 2 pages.

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Indians of North America. Six Nations
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Author: Weiser, Conrad, approximately 1747

Recipient: Peters, Richard, approximately 1747

Johnson, William, Sir, 1715-1774

Six Nations of the Grand River
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Custodial history:

Received in 1930 from the State Archives of Pennsylvania.

Related material:

Papers of Thomas McKee, 1803-1807, formerly found here, have been transferred to MG19-F16.
Subject heading:

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Mohawk Indians

Indians of North America Ohio

United States 1600-1775, Colonial period

États-Unis 1600-1775 (coloniale)

Indiens Amérique du Nord Ohio

Indians of North America United States

Indiens Amérique du Nord États-Unis Jusqu'à 1789

Mohawk (Indiens)
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Private

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MG19-F11
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[Western Frontier collection]. Original title: Indians of the western frontier collection [textual record]

[Western Frontier collection]. Original title: Indians of the western frontier collection [textual record]