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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03107.02162 |
| From Archive Folder | The Livingston Family Papers [060] 1727-1728 |
| Title | Rough drafts of proceedings of Commissioners of Indian Affairs |
| Date | June-July 1727 |
| Author | Commission on Indian Affairs |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Contains a number of records of the proceedings at meetings of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs, as well as drafts of letters to Governor Burnet. P.1 is a fragment of a larger document that welcomes the Indians to trade with the English, and warns against the treachery of the French. The records of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs discuss ways to have the palatines provide military detachments with food, the retrieval of captive children from Canada, and the need to be on guard against possible French and Indian attacks. The last two pages are letters written in Dutch to Captain Bancker and Laurence Clase. |
| Subjects | American Indian History Government and Civics Merchants and Trade Commerce Military History Canada France Global History and Civics Military Provisions Diplomacy Children and Family Prisoner of War Immigration and Migration |
| People | Burnet, William (1688-1729) |
| Place written | Albany, New York |
| Theme | Native Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Livingston Family Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |