Letter, 1706 March 25, Dorchester, [South] Carolina, to [Samuel] Sewall, [Boston, Mass.].

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Letter, 1706 March 25, Dorchester, [South] Carolina, to [Samuel] Sewall, [Boston, Mass.].

Lord thanks Sewall for prints and books, reports on conditions of local trade and on relations with Indians in region including the Westoes, Savanas, Ammesees, and Tymachaws tribes.

1 ALS ; 30 cm.

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