Lyttelton, William Combe Baron Thomas Lyttelton. Letters of the Late Lord Lyttelton. Philadelphia: Moses Thomas. 1812.
Edmon Pittkins Esq. His Britainioh Majesty King George’s Agent for and Superintendent of the Affairs of his faithfull Allies the Severall Nations of Indians fr_habiting the frontiers of his colonife of Original, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and Georgia and their Confererates To Conicoughly Governour of the whole Nation of Cherokee Indians. Brother, King George […]
Sir The 21st of the Instant arrived here and Exprefs from M. Atkins the Agent at Winchester in Virginia, with a Letter for me and another for old Hop and the warrious, I shall not Mention any thing of that Letter, as I doubt not but Your Excellency has Received a Coppy of the Same
This Day Old Hop, the Little Carpenter, and several of the head Men being afsembled at the Fort the Pipe Sent up by the Governour was produced and smoaked out of by everyone present, when Old Hop, after many Speeches, profofsing the Greatest Friendship, and Sincerity to King George, and all his Children, and adding
Willm Shorey Linquaster I am Glad to see you Warriours and Beloved Men once more afsembled to sit and talk here with your Brothers. I am now going to talk with you, but first let me afsure you ( as I have been told you hat lyes) that I shall now and at all time,
1757, August 25, Talk given to the Indians at Fort Loudoun Read More »
Friends and Brothers I once Desired you to meet me and my People at Broad River which you Did. And at time you Promised to Build a fort in my nation which you have Performed. According to Your Agreement. But I am much surprised at your not sending men to Garison your fort as you
May it please your Excellency I have received your Excellencys letter of the 30th of Last Monthy, And in pursuance to your order I here Inclose and Acct. of the sums dispurs’d by me. When I was in Town I acquainted Your Excellency that I was in want of some money and that 5 months
Sir By Dennis Hegan I was honoured with your Excellys Letter of 9th ultimate, I can with pleasure Afsure your Excellency that Since my arriavall here I have not been able to discover anything in the behaviour of the Indians but what denotes good humour & Freindship, and give me Reason to hope that the
1__Every Sargent of the provincials are to have ____men (____ the English by themselves under Sargents ______ Germans by themselves under Sargents) which 18 men the Sargent are to oversee, & every Sargent are to have a List of his men, in which lift is to be ____, the christian & firname & alfo tool
1756, October, Direction for the Day for the Fortiffication Read More »
1__out of the 120 men ordered to the fortiffication, 24 men are to work in the Fafieens with more Diligency as hethertoo, they have not made 3 faceens to a man this two Days, tho they are to make least 12 to a man. 2__the carpenters in part are to continue to make halms in
1756, October 8, Directions for the Fortification on Tenifsee River Read More »
Tennasie River one mile & half nov. from Tamathle The proper work for the following Men for the 5thOctb 1756 The Two Miners wuz Michael Brennan and William Campbell are requisite to make a tryal in quarying of Stone on this point of the Hill which leyes to the nor of the camp on the
1756, October 5, Tennasie River one mile & half nov. from Tamathle Read More »
As I was busy about dispatching M. Crayton I coud not answer your letter before ______which I ______open in which you begg the _______of me not to move one man Employed by your dircetoion in the fortification, and not to give any other order concerning the fortification, but not such as are entrly agreable to
1. Since the first articul, likewife the 2d & 3th of the Directions of y 12th 8hr. never has ben executed, & consequently without observing them the 8th articul of y Directions of y 3th gbr. Cannot be executed, & His Majeste & puplick muft consequently be Loosers of there expenses this articul will therefore
1756, October 12, Directions for ____Fortiffications Read More »
1__Stephenson the carpenter of the Regulars is chosen to be carpenter Mafter & to have 12 carpenters, Three paire of Sayers & two good Squarers under his command to lay out for them all nefesary work to manadge all carpenter bufsinifs concerning the Fortiffication immediately, & to keep and account of all such, & to
May it please your excellencey I must beg live to trouble your Excellency with a few lines as Capt. DeBrahm is a going down, the Seven Month in front there was a fiold day order’d and Capt Damorce had the _____ of war Read to the people and told them that if the works was
