Description
After the 1762 trip, Timberlake sought to develop profitable ventures, with one of his partnerships””with Aaron Truehart””leading to the latter sponsoring another delegation of Cherokee (either four or five?) in 1764. One of the delegation died en route, and Truehart himself died in London. The remaining party were refused an audience with the King (who was growing weary of such profitless visits for the English), at least in part because Timberlake’s motives were questioned. Rumours abounded that he was displaying the Cherokee for profit, but by this stage the government had taken a dim view of all unauthorised transportation of Native peoples across the Atlantic. Multiple entreaties to Lord Halifax, President of the Board of Trade, eventually led to some compensation for the trip. We place the marker at Hampton Court House, which Halifax had built in the 1760s.
Bibliographic sources
Alden T. Vaughan, Transatlantic Encounters, 186-187.