Instruction to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs

Earl of Bellomont, fl. 1700 Instruction to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs

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GLC#
GLC03107.02063-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
1700/09/03
Author/Creator
Earl of Bellomont, fl. 1700
Title
Instruction to the Commissioners of Indian Affairs
Place Written
Albany, New York
Pagination
3p. : docket : Height: 31 cm, Width: 21.3 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Native Americans

The Earl of Bellomont instructs the Commissioners to uphold the peace in Albany, and to relieve the Indians in the event of a French attack. Bellomont also notes that Robert Livingston is to pay for the Indians' provisions out of his own excise, and that no further charges are to be made to the King's account.

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