Letters concerning Seneca and Mohawk affairs

Collection — manuscript box: 40 - folder 1

Identifier: 9010

Scope and content

Letter from Eleazer Williams, dated Oneida December 21, 1817 to David A. Ogden discussing a meeting regarding the subject of the late Council Fort Meigs. Includes references to Mr. Parish, western Indians, and the Six Nations. The second is from individuals at St. Regis, including Lewis Cook, William Gray, and Potter Late Gaienton, to David A. and Thomas L. Ogden, dated St. Regis May 7, 1803. The letter disagrees with the selling of some land called Rapid Plan Island to another individual. It cites a letter from Mathew Perkins, and Joseph Edsell. The third letter is dated Buffalo July 8, 1819, and is addressed to Sachems, Chiefs, and Warriors of the Seneca Nation from Morris L. Miller. It mentions an enclosed map of a proposed Allegheny reservation and discusses planning of the land to be used for the reservation. Also includes card showing provenance for each letter.

Dates

1803-1819.

Creator

no primary creator (Person)
Cook, Lewis. (Person)
Gray, William. (Person)
Miller, Morris L. (Person)
Ogden, David A. (Person)
Ogden, Thomas L. (Thomas Ludlow), 1773-1844. (Person)
Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858. (Person)
Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)

Biographical / Historical

David Ogden was a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Biographical / Historical

Eleazer Williams was a well-known missionary who was raised with the Mohawks. He claimed to be Louis XVII, the lost Dauphin of France; this was later proven inaccurate by DNA testing.