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Abraham Yates, Jr. papers

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Series I. Letters and Documents

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Title
Six Nations
Names
Paltsits, Victor Hugo, 1867-1952 (Donor)
Yates, Abraham, 1724-1796 (Scribe)
Collection

Abraham Yates, Jr. papers

Series I. Letters and Documents

Numbered Letters and Documents

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1775
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 3405
Topics
Six Nations
Genres
Correspondence
Documents
Speeches
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: Endorsed: "Answer of the Six Nations to the Speech of the 12 United Colonies 1775". Also, Document, 1 p. quarto, endorsed "Speech to the Indians when they recd the Presents."
Content: Document, part in autograph of Abraham Yates Junr
Biographical/historical: The Iroquois..., also known as the Five Nations or the Six Nations and by the endonym Haudenosaunee..., are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of Native Americans and First Nations peoples in northeast North America and Upstate New York. They were known during the colonial years to the French as the "Iroquois League", and later as the "Iroquois Confederacy". -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois, retrieved 12/29/2023
Physical Description
Extent: Quarto, 3 pages
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11996407
MSS Unit ID: 3405
Other local Identifier: 128
Archives EAD ID: 1149898
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 94937070-8632-013c-5a7c-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1775: Created
  • 1867: Creator Born
  • 1952: Creator Died
  • 2024: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Six Nations" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1775. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3eba64a0-0043-0134-d909-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Six Nations" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3eba64a0-0043-0134-d909-00505686a51c

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1775). Six Nations Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3eba64a0-0043-0134-d909-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

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Six Nations