Description

Conquistador Diego de Trujillo's (Truxillo) eyewitness account of the conquest of the Inca's in Peru by Spain in the year 1532. Trujillo describes the climate, food, and the native peoples.

Translated Title

A New Map of America

Descriptive Title

A book of old maps delineating American history

Transcript (DCI)

Septentrionalißimas Americæ partes, Goenlandiam puta Islandiā et adjacentes, quod Americæ tabulæ commodé comprehendi non potuerint, peculiari hac tabella Spectatoribus exhibendas duximus,

Translated Title

Map of America and Neighboring Seas

Descriptive Title

La Petit Atlas Manitime, Volume I

Description Duplicate letter from Henry Knox, of the War Office, to Colonel Marinus Willett in Alexandria, Virginia discussing the coming visit of the Creek leaders and the activities of Colonel McGillivary and Colonel Howard. In his letter, Knox discusses the travel progress of McGillivray and the other Creek leaders as highly satisfactory. Knox also expresses his hope in the outcome of this intense endeavor between the United States and the Creek Nation. Knox mentions writing to the Governors of...

Collection Overview Henry Knox letter dated July 3, 1790 is in response to two letters received from Colonel Marinus Willett—one letter from Willett dated May 22 [1790] location undecipherable and the other letter from Willett dated June 15 [1790] from Hopewell. (The two letters predating Knox’s letter of July 3, 1790 are not included in this collection.)There is also a typed description included in the reference material for these letters. Background information about Alexander McGillivray’s spy...

Description

Letter from Colonel Marinus Willett to Henry Knox replying to the July 3rd letter from Knox and reporting the progress of the Creek leaders toward Philadelphia. Colonel Willett writes this two page letter from Alexandria, Virginia, and gives Henry Knox the party’s anticipated arrival date. Colonel Willet says he will talk with Colonel McGillivray about the other traveling issues discussed in Knox’s letter.

Description

Rectangular-based stirrup with an oval notch at the top, five holes in the base; tag says it is from Spain, used in the New World.

Translated Title

A Most Recent Map of the Entire World

Descriptive Title

Atlas Manitumus

Translated Title

A New and Most Accurate Map of the World

Descriptive Title

de Zee-Atlas

Description

The signers of this treaty include, but are not limited to, Colonel Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, Governor of Natchez District, Fascoatura, King of the Chickasaws, and Franchimastabia, Principal Chief of Choctaw Nation. Folder 1