Selections from papers relating to the Six Nations, 1789-1820
Culture:
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Language: English
Date: 1789-1820
Contributor: Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807 | Kirkland, Samuel, 1741-1808 | Chapin, Israel | Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 | Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 | Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 | Phelps, Oliver, 1749-1809 | Gorham, Nathaniel, 1738-1796
Subject: Indian agents | Government relations | Politics and government | Treaties | Diplomacy | Missions | New York (State)--History
Type: Text
Genre: Microfilms | Correspondence | Memoranda | Accounts | Bills | Receipts | Government Documents and Records
Extent: 1 reel
Description: These selections include letters, bills, accounts, receipts, memoranda, and official communications and documents relating to the Iroquois [Haudenosaunee] in New York State, selected from volumes 6-15 of O'Reilly's collections, "Mementos of western settlement," together with copies of documents from the American State Papers, etc. Included are letters of Phelps, Gorham, Chapin, Brant, Kirkland, Knox, Pickering, Irvine, and Morris. Many manuscripts appear to be from the papers of General Israel Chapin, an Indian agent. From originals at the New York Historical Society.
Collection: Selections from papers relating to the Six Nations, 1789-1820 Mss.Film.639