Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858 to Jasper Parish

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GLC#
GLC00923
Type
Letters
Date
March 27, 1820
Author/Creator
Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858
Title
to Jasper Parish
Place Written
Oneida, New York
Pagination
2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 26 cm, Width: 21 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
The First Age of Reform

Williams writes to Parish, an interpreter and Indian agent to the Six Nations, about a proposal to remove the Iroquois tribes of upstate New York to the Old Northwest. Discusses Secretary of War John C. Calhoun's intention to arrange for the move, which includes transferring land now controlled by other groups in the Northwest to the Six Nations. He indicates that the U.S. Government expects Parish's cooperation and will depend on his influence. Williams was a mixed blood Indian who later claimed to be the lost French Dauphin.

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