John McKesson papers, 1714-1791, pertaining to Indian affairs

Culture:

Onondaga includes: Onöñda'gega'

Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe

Cayuga includes: Gayogohó:no

Language: English

Date: 1714-1791, bulk 1778-1791

Contributor: McKesson, John, 1734-1798 | Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 | Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Subject: Diplomacy | Warfare | Government relations | Politics and government | New York (State)--History | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783

Type: Text

Genre: Microfilms | Correspondence | Reports

Extent: 1 reel

Description: These papers include correspondence and reports of proceedings concerning Indian affairs. Miscellaneous materials, mostly 1778-1791, of Timothy Pickering, Henry Knox, William Hardenburgh, John Taylor and others. Includes 94 pages, account of a meeting of New York Governor Clinton with Onondaga and Cayuga deputies at Fort Stanwix, New York in June of 1790, and 47 pages of miscellaneous material. From originals at the New York Historical Society.

Collection: John McKesson papers, 1714-1791, pertaining to Indian affairs Mss.Film.641

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