44. HENRY MOORE (1713 - 1769) British Royal Governor of New York from 1765 to 1769 who initially sided with the Sons of Liberty but later favored the large estate owners. Died suddenly in office. Fine content A.L.S. "H. Moore" as Governor, 3pp. 8vo., New York, Aug. 21, 1879 to Sir WILLIAM JOHNSON (1715-1774) British Superintendent of Indian Affairs and representative to the Six Nations, concerning negotiations with the Iroquois Confederacy. Moore opens his letter mentioning that he has recovered from an accident, continuing: "...I am not at all surprised that the Indians should be uneasy as to the recall of the Commissioners, without others being appointed by the Province in their place and mentioned my apprehensions of it to some members of the Assembly before their prorogation, but it is without effect and the inadequate provision made for the Interpreters and Smiths shows how little the matter in agitation was then understood: I shall renew my application to the members in town, that they may be better prepared at the opening of the approaching session, where I hope everything will be settled to the satisfaction of the Indians, and shall tomorrow lay before His Majesty's Council what you have urged upon that head...". Moore also writes about the division of Albany County, and a colonel's commission for Johnson's son. Docketed on the verso by Johnson: "N. York 21st August 1769 Gov'r Moores letter". Very good. The Six Nations would soon be split. Following the French and Indian War, the British government issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763 which restricted white settlement beyond the Appalachians, but this was largely ignored by the settlers and local governments. During the American Revolution, many Tuscarora and the Oneida sided with the Americans, while the Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga and Cayuga remained loyal to Great Britain. This marked the first major split among the Six Nations. After a series of successful operations against frontier settlements, led by the Mohawk war chief Joseph Brant, other war chiefs, and British allies, the United States reacted with vengeance. In 1779, George Washington ordered the Sullivan Campaign lead by Col. Daniel Brodhead and General John Sullivan against the Iroquois nations to "not merely overrun, but destroy," the British-Indian alliance.$1,000-1,200