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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04682 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0096] July-September 1790 |
| Title | Samuel Ogden to Henry Knox about Cherokee Indians asking Lord Dorchester if northern Indians can join war against US |
| Date | 9 August 1790 |
| Author | Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Ogden writes Secretary of War Knox to report that four Cherokee Indians traveled to Canada via the West Indies to "procure my Lord Dorchester's permission for the western and northern Indians to join them, and the Southern Indians in the war against the United States." Ogden believes President Washington should know this information in light of the recent treaty with the Creeks. Ogden also informs Knox that the previous autumn there had been another conference of Six Nation Indians in Buffalo decrying American treatment and looking for help from England. Mentions the participation of prominent Mohawk leader Joseph Brandt. Written at Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey. |
| Subjects | American Indian History Northwest Indian War Land Transaction Frontiers and Exploration Muscogee (Creeks) Indian Cherokee Indian Canada Caribbean Travel Global History and Civics Northwest Territory Westward Expansion Military History Treaty Diplomacy Revolutionary War General |
| People | Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron (1724-1808) |
| Place written | Morrisville, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Native Americans; Foreign Affairs; Westward Expansion |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | For a discussion of Delaware Works and Morrisville, refer to W. W. H. (William Watts Hart) Davis, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |