Shawnee Indians.
Subject
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Documents relating to the Delaware and Seneca Indians, holographic copies
Collection — Huntington box 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9030
Scope and content
The handwritten documents are all copied from existing documents. They include a short biographical sketch about Chief Cornplanter and his sons; a letter written by John Langdale to Benjamin Franklin in 1764 about the nobility of character among the American Indians; a letter describing an incident involving a drunk Delaware Chief at a council meeting; a document about Chief Teedyuscung; extracts from a pamphlet entitled Some Observations on the Situation, Disposition, and Character of the...
Dates:
1763-1784.
Extracts from articles, news items, and advertisements relative to Indians, chiefly those of New England
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 9007
Scope and content
Extracts from articles, news items, and advertisements relative to Indians, chiefly those of New England, which appeared in the Boston Courant, Boston Gazette, and Boston News-letter. Folder one contains handwritten notes, giving excerpts, gleaned from newspaper clippings from the 1700s. Folder two contains a typewritten transcript. Organized by name of publication. Appears to include information from 1700 to 1750. Papers give title or brief summary of article, date, length of article in...
Dates:
1700-1750.