Statement regarding gift of wampum, and correspondence with Israel Chapin, 1797, 1799.

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Statement regarding gift of wampum, and correspondence with Israel Chapin, 1797, 1799.

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Statement accompanying string of wampum given by the sachems of the Seneca Nation to Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth on the occasion of the Treaty of Big Tree, 15 Sept. 1797. Also, letter written on behalf of the Tuscarora Indians by Israel Chapin, 27 Jan. 1799, requesting an enlargement of their reservation, with reply from Cazenove, 31 Jan. 1799, stating that his successor as agent for the Holland Land Company, Paul Busti, will receive instructions to grant the Tuscarora a second mile square as originally promised, to be laid out by Joseph Ellicott, surveyor.

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Busti, Paul, 1749-1824

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Paul Busti was a Pennsylvania farmer. From the description of Journal (bookkeeping), 1816-1823. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122580035 ...

Chapin, Israel, 1741-1794.

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Ellicott, Joseph, 1760-1826

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Holland Land Company agent for Western New York. From the description of Letter : Batavia, N.Y., to the vestry of the Church of St. Paul, Buffalo, N.Y., 1819 May 20. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 38270116 ...

Six Nations. 1797 Sept. 15.

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Cazenove, Théophile, 1740-1811

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Financier and agent of the Holland Land Company. From the description of Statement regarding gift of wampum, and correspondence with Israel Chapin, 1797, 1799. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56843708 Victor Marie Du Pont was the eldest son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, emigrated to the United States in 1800, set up the trading company, Victor du Pont de Nemours & Co., owned property in Angelica, N.Y. From the description of Letter : to P...

Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

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Delegate of the U.S. Continental Congress, U.S. representative and legislator, army officer, and banker from Connecticut. From the description of Papers of Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1775-1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067840 Merchant, soldier, and commissary general in the Continental Army; resident of Hartford, Connecticut. From the description of Jeremiah Wadsworth papers, 1776-1802. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780060 ...