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The information concerning the expeditions which ended in the opening of the trade with the distant Cherokee Indians has been preserved in a letter written by Abraham Wood to his friend, John Richards of London.
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Letter of Abraham Wood to John Richards, August 22, 1674
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Letter181 of Abraham Wood to John Richards August 22, 1674
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To my Honoured Frend, Mr. John Richards in London, present.
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180. John Richards, Wood's friend and the recipient of his letter, describing the explorations of 1673/4, was appointed by the Lords Proprietors of Carolina as their "Treasurer, and Agent in matters relating to their joint carrying on of that Plantation," in room of the late Peter Jones, December 4, 1674.