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Language:English
Date:circa 1787
Subject:Pennsylvania--History | Politics and government | Diplomacy
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence
Extent:1 Letter
Description: Describes dinner with Benjamin Franklin and visiting Indians. Indians include a "clever" young Cherokee; the "old King" and his wife. Amused at their "civilized" dress. Behaved well; Council also at banquet.
Collection:Hewson Family Papers (Mss.B.H492.h, .br, .b1, .b)
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Language:English
Date:1753-1784
Contributor:Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Younglove, Moses | Croghan, George, 1720?-1782 | Wheelock, John, 1754-1817 | Wharton, Thomas, 1730-1782
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Depositions | Essays | Minutes
Extent:9 items
Description: Various materials, including Franklin's account of a conference at Carlisle, his "Draught of the plan of Union Proposed at Albany," and his (incomplete) "The Savages of North America." Other items include letters regarding Indian affairs, particularly Sir William Johnson's efforts among the Haudenosaunee, the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, uneasiness of many Indians at British and American encroachment, and predisposition of many frontierspeople to kill Indians; a 1777 deposition by Moses Younglove describing ill-treatment of American prisoners and cannibalism by Indians with British consent following battle of Orisknie; and John Wheelock's "Historical account of the rise and progress of Moor's Charity School and the Institution at Dartmouth." Indivduals mentioned include Conrad Weiser, George Croghan, Andrew Montour, Half-king, and Sir William Johnson.
Collection:Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss.B.F85)
Date:1762-1788
Contributor:Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Cadet-de-Vaux, Antoine-Alexis, 1743-1828 | Frederick, Father | Jackson, Richard, -1787 | Dartmouth, William Legge, Earl of, 1731-1801
Subject:Diplomacy | Corn | Social life and customs | Missions
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Essays | Declarations
Extent:7 items
Description: Materials include letters with French correspondents regarding Franklin's Remarks on the Savages, Cadet de Vaux's proposed essay on Indian corn, and Father Frederick's missionary work; a letter regarding Sir William Johnson and Indian affairs; an essay by an unknown auther objecting to backcountry settlement; and a declaration of a charitable trust established by the Earl of Dartmouth and Trustees in England of the Indian Charity School in Connecticut. Individuals mentioned include Samson Occom, Whittaker, John Wheelock, Sir William Johnson.
Collection:Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss.B.F85)
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Wyandot includes: Huron, Wendat, Wyandotte, Huron-Wyandot
Language:French
Date:circa 1753?
Contributor:Alkien | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Subject:Land transfers | Diplomacy
Type:Text
Genre:Speeches
Extent:1 page
Description: "An Indian's Message from His Nation with Reference to Contemplated Measuring of Land." Alkien was a Wyandot chief. Written in Benjamin Franklin's hand.
Collection:Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss.B.F85)