Letters concerning Seneca and Mohawk affairs, 1803-1819.

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Letters concerning Seneca and Mohawk affairs, 1803-1819.

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Letter from Eleazer Williams, dated Oneida December 21, 1817 to David A. Ogden discussing a meeting regarding the subject of the late Council Fort Meigs. Includes references to Mr. Parish, western Indians, and the Six Nations. The second is from individuals at St. Regis, including Lewis Cook, William Gray, and Potter Late Gaienton, to David A. and Thomas L. Ogden, dated St. Regis May 7, 1803. The letter disagrees with the selling of some land called Rapid Plan Island to another individual. It cites a letter from Mathew Perkins, and Joseph Edsell. The third letter is dated Buffalo July 8, 1819, and is addressed to Sachems, Chiefs, and Warriors of the Seneca Nation from Morris L. Miller. It mentions an enclosed map of a proposed Allegheny reservation and discusses planning of the land to be used for the reservation. Also includes card showing provenance for each letter.

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Perkins, Mathew.

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Cook, Lewis.

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Ogden, David A. M. D.

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Ogden, Thomas L. (Thomas Ludlow), 1773-1844

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Williams, Eleazer, 1787?-1858

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