Street, Samuel, fl. 1790 to Alexander McGillivray

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GLC#
GLC02437.04683-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
10 August 1790
Author/Creator
Street, Samuel, fl. 1790
Title
to Alexander McGillivray
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 32.2 cm, Width: 20.4 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Street, representing the Five Nations, poses a list of questions to Creek chief McGillivray regarding the particulars of McGillivray's negotiations and agreements with the United States government. Touches on issues such as whether the U.S. president is bothered by Indians negotiating together in confederacy, and whether the U.S. is negotiating in support of the rights of the Indian people, or with purely political motivations. Street concludes the letter by stating that he is "happy to hear that [McGillivray has] made peace that will be satisfactory to [his] people, and that it will be permanent, and produce material advantages on both sides."

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