Record ID:
129833
Accession number:
MA 558.96
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1905.
Description:
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 29.7 cm
Notes:
Address panel to "His Excellency John Martin Esq. / Governor and Commander in Chief / of the State of Georgia / Indian Talk / Indian Affairs."
Endorsed.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Summary:
Enclosing the talks he delivered "to the head men of the Cherokee Indians during our stay in that Country on the Late Expedition...;" relating in detail the specifics of the expedition and his efforts to negotiate a peace with the Cherokee Nation and secure the release of the "whitemen".
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