Letter purported to be by McKee, 1774.

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Letter purported to be by McKee, 1774.

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Typewritten copy of a letter dated Williamsburg, Va., April 4, 1774, from Alexander McKee, Deputy Agent, conveying the wishes of the Earl of Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, that Aeneas McKay, Michael Miers, and Andrew McFarlane commit depredations against the Indians. The letter is of doubtful authenticity, per 1939 correspondence between the Wisconsin Historical Society and C. R. Swickard, its transcriber.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809

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Appointed governor of Virginia in 1771. From the description of Correspondence, 1771-1778. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 26923951 Lord Dunmore was the British governor of the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until his departure to New York on New Years Eve, 1776. From the guide to the Land Grant to Ambrose Gatewood, 1773 June 15, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Governor of New York (1...

McKee, Alexander, approximately 1735-1799

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A native of Pennsylvania who engaged in the Indian trade, and in 1772 was deputy agent of Indian Affairs at Fort Pitt. As a British sympathizer, he came to Detroit in 1778 with Simon Girty and Matthew Elliot, and was appointed captain in the British Indian Department and later Superintendent. In 1789 he was a member of the Land Board of the District of Hessee. After the American occupation, he removed to the River Thames where he died, January 13, 1799. MMQ (blue index cards) From th...