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Correspondence and Documents, ca. 1750s-1795
Series Overview
The correspondence and documents series is made up of documents, letters, and other manuscripts relating to interactions between government and military officials, Native Americans, and American residents from the 1750s to 1795.
Box 1: 1750s-1795
- [James Savage] Manuscript Document, Intelligence, [ca. 1750-1760]; Spencer Town, [New York]
- W[illia]m Johnson 2 ADsS to Benjam[i]n Ashly, February 22, 1757; [Fort Johnson, New York]
- Salmon Ashton Ms. Account to Richard Sheppard and John Sheppard, January 14, 1758; s.l.
- "Extract of a Letter", [1759?]; Shippensburg
- W[illia]m Johnson Draft DS to Thomas McKee, November 1, 1762; Johnson Hall, [New York]
- G[oldsbro]w Banyar DS Copy, January 19, 1763; Fort George, New York
- James Burd and Thomas McKee DS to the Six Nations, Delawares, and Muncies, June 10, 1763; Hunters Mill
- W[illia]m Johnson DS to Sachems and Chiefs of the Stockbridge Indians, July 25, 1763; Johnson Hall, [New York]
- Manuscript "Minutes of Sir W[illia]m Johnsons Congress with the Indians…", July 8, 1764; Niagara
- [William Johnson?] AL draft to W[illia]m Baker, October 16, 1764; Johnson Hall, [New York]
- [William Johnson] Draft AL to Captain [William] Murray, May 25, 1765; Johnson Hall, [New York]
- Tobias Shadick [Tobias Shattock] ALS to William Johnson, October 14, 1765; Charlestown, [Rhode Island]
- [Kittagusta] Manuscript Document to [Alexander Cameron and George Price], May 8, 1766; Fort Prince George, [South Carolina]
- Alex[ande]r Cameron Letter Extract to [John] Stuart, May 10, 1766; Fort Prince George, [South Carolina]
- B[enjamin] Roberts ALS to William Johnson, September 18, 1766; Niagara
- B[enjamin] Roberts ALS to William Johnson, December 3, 1766; Niagara
- B[enjamin] Roberts ALS to William Johnson, December 24, 1766; Niagara
- W[illiam] Johnson ADS, "Examination of Cornelius Van Slyck", July 21, 1767; Johnson Hall, [New York]
- Choptank and Amos Ogden Manuscript Document and ANS to English Deputies, August 12, 1767; Nanticoke
- [Benajmin Roberts] Ms. Journal Copy, August 2, 1768
- Ph. Livingston, Jr. ALS to W[illia]m Johnson, March 13, 1769; New York
- [John Wilkins] Document Copy, Speech to the Indians at Post Vincent, 1769
- D. Wynkoop ALS to William Johnson, July 16, 1773; Kingston, [New York]
- [William Legge, 2nd Earl of] Dartmouth LS Copy to [William Jo]hnson, August 4, 1773; Whitehall
- John Wetherhead LS to Guy Johnson, September 29, 1774; New York
- G[uy] Johnson ALS to [John] Wetherhead, October 29, 1774; Guy Park
- John Johnston ALS to John Butler, October 1777; "Senake Country," "Connatasage"
- Colonel Butler, Mohawks, and Oneidas Manuscript Document to Onondagas, March 29, 1779; Niagara
- John Johnston ALS to [Guy Johnson?], April 1, 1779; "Connatasage"
- G[eorge] Townsend ALS, May 16, 1780; Charlestown Neck
- [Guy Johnson] Manuscript Journal, June 1, 1780 - June 13, 1780; Little Niagara
- G[uy] Johnson DS, "Abstract of Indians Cloathed", September 24, 1781 - March 25, 1781; s.l.
- Manuscript Document Fragment, "Inteligence", June 1, 1781; s.l.
- [Joseph Chew] Manuscript Document, "Remarks on the Acco[un]t", February 1782; s.l.
- Geo[rge] Walls DS Copy to Shawanese Nation, May 3, 1783; Fort Nelson, Falls of the Ohio
- Major Snake, Cap[tai]n Johnny, Tho[ma]s Snake, and Chiaxy DS Copy to [Colonel McKee], March 20, 1785; Shawanese Town
- Chiefs of the Shawanese, Mingoes, Delawares, and Cherokees Manuscript Document, "At Council held at Wakitunikee", May 18, 1785
- Rich[ar]d Butler DS Copy to Chiefs and Warriors of the Shawanese Nation, September 1, 1786; Carlisle, [Pennsylvania]
- [Robert Adams] DS Copy to John Johnson, February 20, 1788; Albany, [New York]
- Pennsylvania (Richard Butler and John Gibson) and "Southern Senecas" Manuscript Document Copy, January 9, 1789
- Manuscript "True Copy of the Articles of a Treaty made at Fort Harmar", January 9, 1789
- [Chief Blue Coat] Manuscript Document, "Inteligence", March 26, 1790; [Buffalo Creek]
- Rich[ar]d Butler LS Copy to "Corn Planters" and Chiefs and Warriors of the Five Nations, June 5, 1791; Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]
- J. Jeffers LS Copy to [Richard] Butler, August 16, 1791; Fort Franklin
- Rich[ar]d Butler DS Copy to Chiefs of the Five Nations, [1791]; s.l.
- Mr. Street Manuscript Document Copy, "Memo of the Settlements in the Indian Country", to John Johnson, [after 1791]; s.l.
- Shawanese and Delawares Manuscript Letter Copy to "Father", June 11, 1792; Grand Glaize
- Chiefs of the Seven Nations LS Copy to [George Washington], October 2, 1795; Fort George, New York
- Silas Charles DS Copy to Cadwallader Colden, Undated; Province of New York
- Manuscript Letter to "Mon pere" [William Johnson?], Undated; s.l.
Albany Commissioners of Indian Affairs Reports, 1753-1755
Series Overview
This volume contains copies of correspondence, reports of meetings with Native American groups, and remarks on fort construction, prisoner exchange, rivalries with the French, religious evangelization, and diplomacy.
Box 2: June 1753-May 1755