Letter : Wekiva, [to President John Adams], 1799 Oct. 31.

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Letter : Wekiva, [to President John Adams], 1799 Oct. 31.

Unsigned, undated transcript of a letter, dated Oct. 31, 1799 in Wekiva, on the Chattahoochee River, from William Bowles, Director of the Creek Nation, to President John Adams, attacking the U.S. for its past relationships with the Indians of the Southeast.

[8] leaves, bound ; 24 cm.

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