Letter from [illegible] to unnamed recipient, 21 February 1793

Letter from [illegible] to unnamed recipient, 21 February 1793

Letter from [illegible] to unnamed recipient, 21 February 1793

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Introduction

correspondence from officer under John Graves Simcoe. Topics mentioned: provisions, spring meeting with Indians, Sandusky, Indian corn, beef.

Nation of Maker: British
Nation of Origin

In Document: None.

Place of Origin: Detroit, MI
Date Made or Date Range: 1793-02-21
Materials

Ink on paper

Motifs and Patterns

Paper is imprinted with a circular image/seal - unclear what

Additional Context

None.

Description of Writing/Text

One British officer, under the direction of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe, tells another to secure adequate provisions for the meeting with the Indians at Sandusky in the Spring. He indicates numbers of baskets of Indian Corn available at specific locations. Beef is to be procured as well.

Condition: Good condition.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date given in document.

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Claus Papers, Vol. 5 (M.G. 19, F1) reel C1479, p. 77.
Link to Institution's Collections Database: Heritage Canadiana: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1479/88?r=0&s=1
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1755-1886
GKS Reference Number: 87
How to Cite this Item

Letter from [illegible] to unnamed recipient, 21 February 1793. Currently in Library and Archives Canada. Claus Papers, Vol. 5 (M.G. 19, F1) reel C1479, p. 77. Item described as part of a GRASAC research project, summer 2010, and consulted. https://gks.grasac.org/ (GKS ID: 87, accessed [date]).

Record Creation Context

Created by Research Assistant Aaron Mills during the first summer of the SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant 2007 to 2010

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Record reviewed by Research Assistant Jessica Ye during the winter of 2021

Approximate Place of Origin

42.3314, -83.0458

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