[William Johnson] Draft AL to Captain [William] Murray, May 25, 1765; Johnson Hall, [New York]
Correspondence and Documents, ca. 1750s-1795 [Box 1, Folder 11]
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- Correspondence and Documents, ca. 1750s-1795 [Box 1, Folder 11]
- Title
- [William Johnson] Draft AL to Captain [William] Murray, May 25, 1765; Johnson Hall, [New York]
- Writer
- Johnson, William, 1715-1774
- Type
- letter draft
- Recipient
- Murray, William
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- Image 1
- Document Info
- Johnson Hall, [New York]
- 1765 May 25
- Method and Signature Status
- autograph manuscript
- Notes
- Handwritten draft by William Johnson to Captain Murray, reporting on peace terms. "The Six Nations who attended upon this occasion and with rest Exceeded 900 are now departed, & the Senecas have left their Chiefs as Hostages that all the Prisoners, Deserters, Frenchmen, & Negroes amongst them shall be delivered up within 40 days from Signing the Treaty." Mention that Owens the interpreter should not remain amongst the Indians on account of having encouraged a white woman "who was delivered up to run away from hence." Character of Col. Bouquet. IEGOR Lot 631.
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"[William Johnson] Draft AL to Captain [William] Murray, May 25, 1765; Johnson Hall, [New York]." In the digital collection Great Britain Indian Department Collection, 1753-1795. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/g/greatbritainindiandept/greatbritainindiandept.0001.011. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2025.