Newberry Library - Letter Knoxville Tenn., to Amos Stoddard, Major, Fort Columbus, New York harbor, 1810 Oct. 9

Letter Knoxville Tenn., to Amos Stoddard, Major, Fort Columbus, New York harbor, 1810 Oct. 9

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Open book Letter Knoxville Tenn., to Amos Stoddard, Major, Fort Columbus, New York harbor, 1810 Oct. 9

Title Letter Knoxville Tenn., to Amos Stoddard, Major, Fort Columbus, New York harbor, 1810 Oct. 9

Creator Sevier, John, 1745-1815

Date 1810

Place North Carolina, Tennessee--Knoxville

Language English

Subjects Cherokee Indians, Indians of North America, Welsh Indians

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
For letters of Amos Stoddard and John Sevier regarding the Welsh Indians, see Newberry manuscripts Ayer MS 57 and Ayer MS 859.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary Draft of a letter written by John Sevier, governor of Tennessee, on Oct. 9, 1810 to Major Amos Stoddard. In this letter Sevier responds to Stoddard's earlier request for information on the legend of the Welsh Indians. Sevier recollects a meeting he had in 1782 with Cherokee war chief Oconostota in which numerous historical details of the so-called Welsh Indians are related.

Extent 1 item (2 p.) ; 37 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 801

BibID 147023

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2601px × 2961px 22.06 MB

Filename 991470238805867_Ayer_MS_801_00003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11ICO7