Letter : [Montreal, Que.?], to Lord Sydney, [London, Eng.?], f 1785 Feb. 1.

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Letter : [Montreal, Que.?], to Lord Sydney, [London, Eng.?], f 1785 Feb. 1.

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Feb. 1, 1785, letter from Johnson to Lord Sydney, secretary of state for the British Home Department, enclosing: a letter from one of his officers summarizing the speeches of the American commissioners and Lafayette to the Six Nations at the 0ctober, 1784, Fort Stanwix treaty conference; and questions of the Iroquois "which they wish an immediate answer to." Both enclosures are lacking.

1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 24 cm.

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