Timothy Pickering letters
Abstract
Correspondence, dating mainly from 1795, of the secretary of war, Timothy Pickering, primarily with David Henley, War Dept. agent in the Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio, but also with David Campbell, William Blount, and John McNairy, regarding Indian and militia affairs in what is now Tennessee. Much of the 1795 correspondence, including an extract of a letter to Gov. Blount and an Aug. 28, 1795, letter to Judge David Campbell, concerns the U.S. refusal to support the Chickasaws in a war with the Creeks, Pickering's rebuke of Blount for inciting the conflict, and his attempts to mollify the Chickasaw chief, William Colbert. Other matters include the shipment of goods for the Chickasaws, the appointment of an Indian factor, James Byers, for the Tellico Blockhouse, and frauds committed by contractors supplying the Indians. Two of the letters are written together with Oliver Wolcott, the secretary of the treasury.
Dates
- Creation: 1795-1798
- Creation: 1795
Creator
- Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Person)
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (23 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, and chronologically thereunder.
Ownership and Custodial History
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Bibliographic References
Butler, R.L. Checklist of Mss. in the Ayer Coll., 926-930.
Processing Information
Letters by Pickering and Wolcott to John McNairy and David Henley formerly cataloged as Ayer MS 928-929. Letters to Gov. Blount and David Campbell formerly cataloged as Ayer MS 927 and 930.
Subject
- Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 -- Form subdivision--Correspondence.; (Person)
- United States. Department of the Treasury -- Form subdivision--Records and correspondence.; (Organization)
- Blount, William, 1749-1800 -- Form subdivision--Correspondence.; (Person)
- Campbell, David, active 1790-1811 -- Form subdivision--Correspondence.; (Person)
- Colbert, William, approximately 1776-1826 (Person)
- Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) (Organization)
- Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833 -- Form subdivision--Correspondence.; (Person)
- McNairy, John, 1762-1837 -- Form subdivision--Correspondence.; (Person)
- United States. War Department -- Form subdivision--Records and correspondence.; (Organization)
- McKee, John, 1771-1832 (Person)
- Tennessee. Militia -- Form subdivision--Sources.; General subdivision--History; Chronological subdivision--18th century; (Organization)
- Henley, David, 1749-1823 -- Form subdivision--Correspondence.; (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Tellico Blockhouse Site (Tenn.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
- Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio -- History -- Sources
Topical
- Cherokee Indians -- Government relations -- Sources
- Chickasaw Indians -- Government relations -- Sources
- Creek Indians -- Wars -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
- Indian agents -- Tennessee -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
- Indian traders -- Tennessee -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
- Indians of North America -- Tennessee -- Government relations -- Sources
- Indians of North America -- Wars -- Tennessee -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
- Manuscripts, American
- Status
- Catalog Record Only
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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