Prideaux Selby to Alexander McKee, 17 May 1793

Prideaux Selby to Alexander McKee, 17 May 1793

Prideaux Selby to Alexander McKee, 17 May 1793

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Letter between Indian Department officials: Selby updates McKee about the situation in Detroit including preparations for a council. Topics mentioned: Chippewas/Ottawas, Sagina, corn, Felicity (ship), deaths of captains, French revolutionary wars.

Name of Maker(s): Prideaux Selby
Nation of Maker: British
Nation of Origin

In Document: Chippawa; [S]agina;

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

Author of letter.

Place of Origin: Detroit, MI
Date Made or Date Range: 1793-05-17
Materials

Ink on paper

Motifs and Patterns

None.

Additional Context

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Description of Writing/Text

Selby notes the Ottawas (called Chippewas in document) and the Sagina have arrived for the council. A vessel called the Felicity is supposed to be delivering corn for attendees, but it is late and he will be in a terrible state if more Nations arrive before the Felicity does. Selby also discusses where various battalions are located and the reported deaths of a couple of captains including Lautons, Porter, Stewart, Hamilton, and Stevenson. He also informs Colonel McKee that the members of the Royal Family of France have been killed: the King on the 21st of January and the Queen and rest of the royal family two days later. France has subsequently declared war on England and Holland. England is responding by bolstering its military forces.

Condition: Good.
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, pp. 125-126.
Link to Institution's Collections Database: Heritage Canadiana: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1479/139?r=0&s=1
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1755-1886
GKS Reference Number: 109
How to Cite this Item

Prideaux Selby to Alexander McKee, 17 May 1793. Currently in Library and Archives Canada. Claus Papers, Vol. 5 (M.G. 19, F1) reel C1479, pp. 125-126. Item described as part of a GRASAC research project, summer 2010, and consulted. https://gks.grasac.org/ (GKS ID: 109, 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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