Title:
Letter from John Winthrop to Thomas Willets regarding news of Mohawks and Pocomtucks
Date:
July 27, 1664
Scope & Content:
Mimeographed transcription of a letter from John Winthrop to Thomas Willets thanking him for information about the Mohawk indians. Winthrop states that the English of Connecticut do not know of the Mohawk ways, and need this intelligence. The people of Northampton and Hadley have force a peace with the Pocomtuck indians by giving them wampum.
Mohegan
1 page
Mohegan
1 page
Object ID:
DOC.1664–07–27A
Object Name:
Letter
Collection:
Tribes – Mohegan 5
People:
Clarke
Hilton, Lt.
Pynchon
Stuyvesant, Gen.
Willets, Thomas
Winthrop, John
Hilton, Lt.
Pynchon
Stuyvesant, Gen.
Willets, Thomas
Winthrop, John
Search Terms:
Hadley
Mohawk
Mohegan
Northampton
Pocomtuck
wampum
Mohawk
Mohegan
Northampton
Pocomtuck
wampum