Timothy Pickering letter : Niagara, to Samuel Hodgdon, 1793 June 26.

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Timothy Pickering letter : Niagara, to Samuel Hodgdon, 1793 June 26.

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States that they are leaving for Fort Erie where they will embark for Sandusky; speculates that the treaty will not begin until July, since the Indians have just begun to counsel among themselves at the rapid of the Miami of the Lake, and are waiting for the Six Nations; mentions that the Indians have heard that Gen. Wayne has advanced as far as the Great Plains, but that no one knows where those plains are; and gives his opinion of the the events in France.

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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

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Pennsylvanian; quartermaster of the U.S. Army, Mar. 4, 1791 - Apr. 19, 1792. From the description of Orders : 1791 Sept. 15-21. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37868498 Army officer. From the description of Papers of Samuel Hodgdon, 1794-1800. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456308 ...

Six Nations

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Moses Cleaveland was a Connecticut lawyer, legislator, and army officer who became the Director and agent for the Connecticut Land Company. Prior to leading its first surveying and exploring party into the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1795 and founding the City of Cleveland, Ohio in 1796, Cleaveland sought permission from the Six Nations to survey and settle the land that they traditionally controlled. From the description of Chiefs of the Six Nations letter to Moses Cleaveland, 17...

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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Timothy Pickering (b. July 17, 1745, Salem, MA–d. January 29, 1829, Salem, MA) was a politician from Massachusetts who served as the third United States Secretary of State under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. He also represented Massachusetts in both houses of Congress as a member of the Federalist Party. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Pickering began a legal career after graduating from Harvard University. He won election to the Massachusetts General Court and served as a cou...