Andrew Pickens Letters
Dublin Core
Title
Andrew Pickens Letters
Creator
Pickens, Andrew
Date
1787-1805
Subject
South Carolina -- History -- 18th century.
United States -- History -- 1783-1815.
Cherokee Indians--Treaties.
Description
Correspondence (1787, 1792) with George Handley, Alexander McGillivrey, Charles and Thomas Pinckney, Felix Warley, Richard Winn, and the Little Turkey and other headmen of the Cherokees regarding politics, Indian lands and ratification of the Constitution. Miscellaneous accounts and legal papers (1782-1894).
Contributor
Pinckney, Thomas
McGillivray, Alexander
Winn, Richard
Little Turkey
Maverick, S.
Handley, George
Smith, Robert
Badger
Knox, Henry
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
Warley, Felix
Osbourne, H.
Rights
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Format
image/jpeg
Type
StillImage
Source
Ms. 121, Andrew Pickens Papers, 1782-1804
Language
English
Identifier
Ms121
Collection Items
Goodtitle on the Demise of George Shuler vs. William Stiles
A list of questions for a deposition (?) regarding inheritance of a piece of property.
Letter to Andrew Pickens from Robert Smith, August 1805
Smith requests $7.50 owed to him by Pickens. His brother confirms reciept of this on the reversse.
Letter to Andrew Pickens from George Handley, March 31, 1788
Handley lets Pickens know that he should expect a letter from the Superintendant of Indian Affairs for the Southern Department. He also reports on an attack by Creek Indians
Letter to Thomas Pinckney from Andrew Pickens, November 9, 1797
Pickens reports that there have been no attacks the inhabitants of the frontier near where Pickens lives. He reports on an election of officers in Greensville County
Letter to Richard Winn from Badger and the Heads of the Cherokee Nation, April 15, 1789
An address from Badger and other representatives of the Cherokee Nation to Richard Winn, superintendant to Andrew Pickens. Badger discusses a prisoner exchange that fell through. The Cherokee object to the negotiations at French Broad River, and…
Letter to Andrew Pickens from Henry Knox, August 15, 1792
Knox confirms that Pickens' message to the President was relayed. He discusses the difficulty of establishing peace with the Native Americans without further armed conflict.
Letter to Andrew Pickens from Charles Pinckney, July 4, 1790
Pinckney discusses a peace agreement between the Creek and the US.