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Letter Philadelphia, to his excellency Governor Samuel Huntington, 1789 Apr. 6

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Open book Letter Philadelphia, to his excellency Governor Samuel Huntington, 1789 Apr. 6

Title Letter Philadelphia, to his excellency Governor Samuel Huntington, 1789 Apr. 6

Creator Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1737-1789

Date 1789

Place Connecticut, Ohio--Fort Harmar, Ohio--Western Reserve, Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Language English

Subjects Connecticut, Indians of North America, Real property, Wyandot Indians

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Letter signed: Saml. H. Parsons, James Davenport.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary Letter jointly written by Samuel Parsons and James Davenport on Apr. 6, 1789 to Samuel Huntington, Governor of Connecticut. After treaties with the Wyandot Indians and other tribes comprising the six nations were signed at Fort Harmar (Ohio) in January 1789, Parsons and Davenport became engaged in the sale and settlement of Indian lands under Connecticut claim. In this letter to the Governor, they requested that, like the state of Pennsylvania, Connecticut also appropriate two thousand dollars for the purpose of purchasing and transporting goods to the Indians in Ohio. Mention is also made that the services of Richard Butler, army officer and former Indian commissioner, are available.

Biographical/Historical Note In January 1789 the Connecticut General Assembly appointed Samuel Parsons, legislator and revolutionary major-general, and James Davenport, lawyer and judge, as commissioners to purchase Indian land titles held in the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio.

Extent 1 item (2 folded sheets (8 p.)) ; 26 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts, Records, Treaties

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 687

BibID 145239

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2126px × 2839px 17.30 MB

Filename 991452398805867_Ayer_MS_687_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11ICIF