Patrick Henry to Wythe, 27 May 1777 (2)
Governor Patrick Henry writes to George Wythe as Speaker of the House of Delegates requesting comments from the General Assembly regarding a Peace treaty with the Cherokee nation.[1]
Letter text, May 27, 1777
May 27, 1777.
Sir: A number of the chiefs and warriours of the Cherokee nation are now in this City. They are come here for the purpose of ratifying a treaty of peace, which has been for some time under the Management of commissioners appointed for that purpose by the Executive power of this state, as will appear by the papers lately transmitted to you. If the general assembly shall think it necessary to give any direction for conducting this business, the Executive will pay due regard to the same.
The affairs of these Indians will not permit them to remain here but a short time. With great regard I have the honor to be,
Sir Yr. most obt. h’ble servt.
P. HENRY.
To the Honorable George Wythe, Esq.,
Speaker to the House of Delegates.
See also
- Patrick Henry to Wythe, 24 May 1777
- Patrick Henry to Wythe, 27 May 1777
- Patrick Henry to Wythe, 31 May 1777
References
- ↑ "Gov. Henry to Geo. Wythe, Speaker of the House of Delegates, (From W. W. Henry's Henry, III, 79.)," in Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia, vol. 1, The Letters of Patrick Henry, ed. H. R. McIlwaine (Richmond: Superintendent of Public Printing, 1926), 154.
