BIB_ID
353440
Accession number
MA 698.4
Display Date
1793 Apr. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 29.8 cm
Notes
Address panel to "His Royal Highness, / Prince Edward / Quebec."
Docketed on verso "For Indian Address."
Part of a collection of letters from Edward, Duke of Kent to General Wetherall. Letters have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The letter, written in an unknown hand, is signed, with their symbols, by 8 Indian Chiefs and one "Chiefs brother" representing the "Thoawaes, Puttawattemas and Gibbiways" tribes.
The recipient, Prince Edward was the fourth son of King George III and father of Queen Victoria; Commander-in-chief of British forces in North America (1791-1802) and Governor of Gibraltar (1802-1820).
Docketed on verso "For Indian Address."
Part of a collection of letters from Edward, Duke of Kent to General Wetherall. Letters have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The letter, written in an unknown hand, is signed, with their symbols, by 8 Indian Chiefs and one "Chiefs brother" representing the "Thoawaes, Puttawattemas and Gibbiways" tribes.
The recipient, Prince Edward was the fourth son of King George III and father of Queen Victoria; Commander-in-chief of British forces in North America (1791-1802) and Governor of Gibraltar (1802-1820).
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1910.
Summary
Attesting to their support for the British forces and acknowledging the benefits they have received; saying that they have only "One Thousand Which can or is able to take Arms In defence for His Majesty;" asking for protection against unjust accusations by "any white man."
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