Commissioners for Treaty of Hopewell, 1785 - Papers of the War Department

Commissioners for Treaty of Hopewell, 1785

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Treaty with the Cherokee Indians conducted at Hopewell, South Carolina, on the Keowee 1785.

11/29/1785 Printed transcription/modern copy of letter

U.S. Commissioners of Indian Affairs conducted treaty with the headmen and warriors of the Cherokee Nation. Treaty between Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, Joseph Martin, and Lachlan McIntosh, …
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Journal of meetings at Hopewell, South Carolina, on Keowee

11/18/1785 Printed or published transcription/modern copy

Commissioners of United States, in Congress, assembled to treat with Cherokees, and all other Indians southward of them, within limits of United States. Commissioners ordered a return of Indians; …
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Journal of Commissioners at Treaty of Hopewell, South Carolina delivered to Congress

12/02/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Commissioners give an account of the Treaty proceedings. Number of Cherokee attendees was 918. Relate that they explained cession of territory from King of Great Britain in wake of Revolutionary War. …
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