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These are to desire and require inhabitants of this province where these five Cherokee Indians may call at for provision in their way home to supply...

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Title These are to desire and require inhabitants of this province where these five Cherokee Indians may call at for provision in their way home to supply...

Creator Pinckney, William, 1704-1766

Date 1755

Place South Carolina

Language English

Subjects Cherokee Indians, Indians of North America, South Carolina

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

Summary Order, July 13, 1755, from South Carolina commissary general William Pinckney to inhabitants of the province, notifying them that five Cherokee Indians returning home are to be provisioned as far as Congaree at public expense. Pinckney notes that the daily allotment per Indian is seven shillings and six pence, and that the Indians are not to be detained at a stopping place for longer than is necessary.

Biographical/Historical Note South Carolina merchant and public official. The son of South Carolina settler Thomas Pinckney, William Pinckney was South Carolina's commissary general until his death in 1766. From 1747 to 1761, he also served as the province's sole commissioner of Indian trade.

Extent 1 item (1 leaf) ; 13 x 20 cm

Format Manuscripts, Orders (Military records), Records

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Ayer MS 729

BibID 145780

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2363px × 1592px 10.79 MB

Filename 991457808805867_Ayer_MS_729_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11ICKO