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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09054.07 |
| From Archive Folder | Papers of British Secretary of War, Henry Fox, relating to Braddock's defeat near Fort Duquesne and the recall of William Shirley due to the "Intercepted Letters Scandal" |
| Title | Extract of the report made by the commissioners employed on the part of the Province of Pennsylvania at the meeting at Albany in 1754 |
| Date | ca. March 1756 |
| Author | Alexander, William, Lord Stirling (1726-1783) |
| Document Type | Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Discusses news of the alleged spy, Mr. Lydius. News heard from a Mr. Woodbridge and two other Connecticut men who were "in Town with intent to negotiate a Puchase from the Indians for the Susquehannah Lands lying within the Latitude of the Connecticut Charter..." Goes on to more explicitly outline the charges against Lydius: "known to have abjured the Protestant Religion in Canada, and to be concerned in a clandestine Trade with the Caghnawaga or French praying Indians, and suspected to carry on a secret Correspondence with the Government of Canada; and as Mr. Alexander informed Us, might not only have lucrative Views in the Management of this Purchase, but a Design to sow Dissentions as well between the Indian Nations as between the several Colonies, whose Lands lay within the latitude of the Connecticut Charter." Creator from previous inventory. Scored left margin. Watermarked with a seal and "Pro Patria." |
| Subjects | Religion Global History and Civics Military History Spying Corruption and Scandal French and Indian War France American Indian History Land Transaction |
| People | Alexander, William, Lord Stirling (1726-1783) |
| Theme | Religion; Foreign Affairs; French & Indian Wars; Native Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |