Moses Cleaveland speech to the Senecas, 1796.

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Moses Cleaveland speech to the Senecas, 1796.

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Draft of a speech by Moses Cleaveland addressed to "Brothers Sachems & Chiefs of the Senekas [sic]" requesting their presence at a conference to which the Mohawks, Tuscaroras, Cayugas, and Delawares have already arrived. Cleaveland concludes, "If you are determined not to remove and come here I will explain and settle the business with those who will attend and I shall then leave you to propose in your own method your plans of business." The one leaf draft is undated, but probably dates from May or June 1796.

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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