Letter : to Mr. Claypole / by Holstonian, 1791 Aug 16.

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Letter : to Mr. Claypole / by Holstonian, 1791 Aug 16.

The letter answers Zachariah Cox's criticism of Gov. Blount's handling of an attempt to settle on the Cherokee lands in Tennessee.

4 p. ; 33 cm.

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Blount, William, 1749-1800

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William Blount (March 26, 1749 – March 21, 1800) was an American Founding Father, statesman, and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution. He was a member of the North Carolina delegation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and led the efforts for North Carolina to ratify the Constitution in 1789 at the Fayetteville Convention. He then served as the only governor of the Southwest Territory and played a leading role in helping the territory gain admission to the union as the...

Cox, Zachariah

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Zachariah Cox, land speculator, involved in the Tennessee Land Company which purchased 4,000,000 acres of land in the region of Tennessee as part of the Yazoo land purchase in 1790. From the description of Letter to Edward Telfair and John Milton, 1790 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478024 Zachariah Cox of Montgomery County, Georgia, was an associate of Zachariah Cox and Company, also known as the Tennessee Company, and of the Georgia Company (both Yazoo companies...

Claypole, David Chambers, 1757-1849.

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Holstonian, pseudonym.

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