Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, 1754 July 6.

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Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, 1754 July 6.

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Halifax gives advice on the conduct of the current conflict with France over lands around the Ohio, reprimands the Lt. Governor for not acting sooner, assures him of British support and hopes he will soon retake a fallen fort and two French ones recently built on English territory. He urges cooperation with South Carolina governor James Glen and the bribing of the Cherokee Indians.

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Cherokee nation

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Although the Treaty of Hopewell (1785) defined the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation and the U.S., Congress during the Confederation period was unable to keep white squatters off Cherokee lands. With violence escalating between Cherokees and settlers, particularly those of the "State of Franklin" (now Tennessee), Congress in Sept. of 1788 issued a proclamation forbidding white intrustion on Cherokee land. From the description of A talk from the head men warriers of the Cherokey Natio...

Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771

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Glen, James, 1701-1777

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Information not available at present. From the guide to the Glen, James, 1749, (Senate House Library, University of London) Colonial governor of South Carolina. From the description of Autograph document signed : to Thomas Charnock and William Davis, 1753 August 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269561375 Governor of S.C. 1738-1756; resident in S.C., 1743-1761; native of Linlithgow, Scotland; Glen's sister, Margaret, married S.C. planter John Drayton, J...

Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770

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