DS (two), 1776 December 10 and 1776 December 21 : Pennsylvania.

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DS (two), 1776 December 10 and 1776 December 21 : Pennsylvania.

Receipts issued to John Montgomery and Jasper Yeates for the expenses of eight Indian chiefs and two interpreters; and for the cost of a dark bay horse for Koketha, a Shawanese Chief. Yeates was appointed by the Continental Congress to negotiate a treaty with the Indians at Ft. Pitt ca. 1776.

1 p. each ; 10 x 16 cm. and 7.5 x 20.5 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6916014

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Koketha.

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Montgomery, John, 1936-

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Yeates, Jasper, 1745-1817

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Yeates was a lawyer from Lancaster, Pa. He served as a delegate to the Pennsylvania Ratification Convention in 1787 and was a judge of the Pennyslvania Supreme Court, 1791-1817. From the description of [Letter] 1801 Mar. 22, Philada. [to] Sally / J. Yeates. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501843254 Pennsylvania jurist. From the description of ALS : Lancaster, Pa., to Robert Aitken, 1772 June 4. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122347819 ...