Author: Alexander Cameron

PRIMARY DOCUMENT

Letter from Alexander Cameron to John Stuart (May 10, 1766)

In this letter dated May 10, 1766, Alexander Cameron, deputy to John Stuart, the British superintendent of Indian affairs for the Southern District, informs Stuart about his experience accompanying the survey for the boundary line between the British and Cherokee in South Carolina. The letter demonstrates the process of reifying the proposed boundary following the Proclamation of 1763.