Letter : Montreal, to Sir W[illia]m Johnson, 1761 Mar. 19.

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Letter : Montreal, to Sir W[illia]m Johnson, 1761 Mar. 19.

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March 19, 1761, letter to Sir William Johnson, British superintendent of the northern Indians, regarding rumors of Gen. Amherst's departure for England, the disruption of the French fur trade, the loyalty of the "Caghnawageys & Caneghsadegey," the return of English prisoners held by the "Nipisins" and that tribe's fear of British reprisals, the revision and reprinting of a Mohawk prayer-book with added catechisms, and Claus' plan to purchase a military captaincy with Johnson's financial assistance.

1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 31 cm.

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