Witham Marshe

{{Short description|American colonist}}

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Witham Marshe was the representative of the colony of Maryland at the negotiation of the Treaty of Lancaster in 1744, where he recorded the negotiations.{{Cite book |last=Fenton |first=William Nelson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LNKNhY0MX8UC&dq=%22Witham+Marshe%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA423 |title=The Great Law and the Longhouse: A Political History of the Iroquois Confederacy |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-8061-3003-3 |pages=423 |language=en}} He noted that the Iroquois were heavy drinkers, however they were careful to remain sober while negotiating important treaties.{{Cite book |last=Salinger |first=Sharon V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZxaDhb71gcC&dq=%22Witham+Marshe%22+heavy+drinkers&pg=PA37 |title=Taverns and Drinking in Early America |date=2004-08-04 |publisher=JHU Press |isbn=978-0-8018-7899-2 |pages=37 |language=en}}

He became the crown's Secretary of Indian affairs, serving under Sir William Johnson, after the death of Peter Wraxall in 1759.{{Cn|date=January 2024}}