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Great Britain Indian Department collection, 1753-1795
0.25 linear feet
The Great Britain Indian Department collection is made up of documents, letters, and manuscripts relating to interactions between government and military officials, Native Americans, and American residents from 1753 to 1795. The bulk of the collection concerns British interactions with Native Americans in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, with some material relating to South Carolina, Michigan, and Virginia. Official documents include passes for Native American travelers, speeches to and from Native American groups, copies of treaties, and reports and correspondence relative to diplomacy, peace efforts, and military affairs. Materials relay information on boundary disputes, prisoner exchanges, crimes committed against both American settlers and Native Americans, and Native American distress over land infringements.
Of particular note are the Albany Commissioners of Indian Affairs' reports (112 pages) from June 1753 to May 1755. These include copies of correspondence, reports of meetings with Native American groups, and remarks on fort construction, prisoner exchange, rivalries with the French, religious evangelization, and diplomacy. The collection also includes a manuscript copy of the August 1768 journal of Benjamin Roberts, an Indian commissary, in which he describes the trial of Captain Robert Rogers for treason.
Please see Box and Folder Listing below for a comprehensive inventory of the collection.
. James Savage AD; Albany, [New York]., [ca.1750-1760]
2 pages
. W[illia]m Johnson 2 ADsS to Benjam[i]n Ashly; [Fort Johnson, New York]., 1757 February 22
1 page
. Salmon Ashton Ms. Account to John and Richard Sheppard; s.l., 1758 January 14
1 page
. Letter (extract); Shippensburg., [1759?]
1 page
. W[illia]m Johnson DS draft to Thomas McKee; Johnson Hall, [New York]., 1762 November 1
1 page
. G[oldsbro]w Banyar DS Copy; Fort George, New York., 1763 January 19
2 pages
. James Burd and Thomas McKee DS to Six Nations, Delawares, and Muncies; Hunters Mill., 1763 June 10
1 page
. W[illia]m Johnson DS to Sachems and Chiefs of the Stockbridge Indians; Johnson Hall, [New York]., 1763 July 25
1 page