Scope and content Photostat of a document purportedly by James Logan giving an account of a meeting. The document illustrates 34 wampum belts, presented by the Delaware Indian delegation, and gives their meanings. The place where the meeting was held appears to start with Edward or Edwards, but the remainder of the word is not decipherable. The council was presumably held somewhere near Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Other individuals attending the meeting included Edward Shippen, Richard Hill, and other members...

Scope and content

Typewritten transcripts of a letter to Watson from Robert Troup and a letter to Elijah Miller from Watson. The originals were dated 1828-1838; the transcripts, from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, are accompanied by an envelope dated 1939. The letters focus on New York state politics and the creation of agricultural societies.