holographs (autographs)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents wholly written in the hand of the author; used especially in law with regard to wills and deeds.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Report of the South Carolina Committee of Conference upon Indian Affairs
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-072
Collection Overview
The handwritten document is a report from the Committee of Conference upon Indian Affairs to the South Carolina General Assembly. The committee reported on sending a delegation of Catawba Indians to New York to negotiate a treaty to end hostilities with their traditional enemies, the Six Nations of the Iroquois. The report is dated 17 May 1751, and it made recommendations on how to send the Catawba most quickly and safely. It also discussed how to pay the Catawba's expenses.
Dates:
1751 May 17
Found in:
Special Collections