Manuscripts
Chiefs of the Shawnee and Mingo Indians letter, Aleganie, to Governor George Thomas
- Description
With red wax seal. Letter is protesting that rum is being brought onto their lands by Edward Shippen's traders.
- Date
- 1741 September 19
- Call number
- mssWalking
- Provenance
- Purchased for the Huntington from Donald A. Heald Rare Books and Fine Art by the Library Collectors' Council, January 2020.
- Restrictions
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- Rights
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