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Letter [manuscript] : Philadelphia, 1781 Sept. 21.

Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lewis, Lieutenant Colonel, author.
Contributor:
Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library), owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de,? 1725-1807.
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur.
Shawnee Indians.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States.
Philadelphia (Pa.).
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Production:
[Philadelphia : producer not identified, 1781]
Summary:
September 21, 1781, letter from Lt. Col. Lewis, a Shawnee Indian then in Philadelphia, to an unidentified Revolutionary War general, recommending his interpreter, Nicholas Jordan, to attend an Indian Warrior Called Paul appointed an Indian Chief by the Count of Rouchambeau.
Notes:
Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
AM reference: VAULT box Ayer MS 513.
Indigenous Peoples metadata has been supplied by exonym as these are the terms most commonly used in the documents. Updates are being made to metadata to reference preferred names wherever possible. For more information on our approach to language and metadata in the resource visit the Language Statement.
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