Silas Charles DS Copy to Cadwallader Colden, Undated; Province of New York
Correspondence and Documents, ca. 1750s-1795 [Box 1, Folder 49]
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- Correspondence and Documents, ca. 1750s-1795 [Box 1, Folder 49]
- Title
- Silas Charles DS Copy to Cadwallader Colden, Undated; Province of New York
- Writer
- Charles, Silas
- Type
- document copy
- Recipient
- Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776
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- Image 1
- Document Info
- Province of New York
- Undated
- Method and Signature Status
- manuscript
- Notes
- Copy of a petition, signed by Silas Charles with his mark, representing the Montuak tribe. Background and interactions between the British and the Montuaks--remnants of a once numerous tribe formerly on Nassau Island, now the British East Hamptons. Charles states that the Montuak tribe are "becoming not only civilized but christianized" and have pledged themeleves to King George. Complaints about difficult relations between the Indians and English neighbors. Request for assistance to prevent encroachment and to clarify what property still belongs to them. IEGOR Lot 742.
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"Silas Charles DS Copy to Cadwallader Colden, Undated; Province of New York." In the digital collection Great Britain Indian Department Collection, 1753-1795. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/g/greatbritainindiandept/greatbritainindiandept.0001.049. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 4, 2025.