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User-Contributed Transcription War DepartmentSeptember 11 1802?Sir,Your Indian talk has been duly rec. and considered- all appears evident from the general known of Unclear talk, that he and the other chiefs had been? assembled, not so much for the purpose of discussing? the subject of the murder, as for that of being made the instrument of invective and indecent abuse against the President of the United States - It unclear require all the address, which you and your associates however to induce a belief, that the sentiments delivered by red Jacket relative to your being removed from the Agency, unclear the result of his own reflections, your zeal while dictating the speech carried over quite out of the Indian break, the stile so different from an Indian talk, that you

Open book Letters 1802-1807

Title Letters 1802-1807

Creator United States. War Department

Date 1802-1807

Place New York (State), Ohio, United States, Washington (D.C.)

Language English

Subjects Indian agents, Indians of North America, Iroquois Indians, Ohio, United States

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
formerly known as Ayer MS 935.

Summary Letters from the secretary of war, Henry Dearborn, to Indian agent Israel Chapin regarding complaints against him (facsimile copy, Sept. 4, 1802); and to Ohio governor Edward Tiffin directing him to call up, arm, and organize 2,443 militia in his state (July 6, 1807). Dearborn, a Jefferson appointee, accuses Chapin, appointed by Washington as Indian agent to the Iroquois, of animosity to the "present administration." He also condemns Chapin's using Seneca chief Red Jacket to deliver a speech opposing his removal as agent and states that other Seneca leaders and Six Nations representatives had complained of Chapin's inattention to his duties.

Extent 2 items (2 folders) ; 26 cm or smaller.

Format Correspondence, Records and correspondence

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Ayer MS 934

BibID 148080

Size 2564px × 4066px 29.85 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991480808805867_Ayer_MS_934_fol_001_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11ICW2