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Appointment of officers to negotiate with Indian nations

03/03/1784 Autograph Letter

Copy of resolutions of Congress concerning the appointment of officers to negotiate with Indian nations

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[Article of agreement]

02/18/1791 Copy of Signed Document

Official agreement making Alexander Hamilton Executor of Theodasius Fowler's estate.

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Knox's Invitation to a Chief of the Six Nations to the General Government

06/27/1792 Document Signed

The recipient, a chief of the Six Nations, is invited to the seat of the US Government to hear the US policy towards the hostile and non-hostile Indian tribes. The US hopes to disabuse the hostile …

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Copy of speech sent Western Indians

12/12/1792 Copy of Signed Document

Speech of General Chapin to Six Nations of Indians, and forwarded by Captain Joseph Brant to the Western Indians. Confirmed meeting between Six Nations and the U.S. at the Rapids of the Miami River. …

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Prolonged Negotiations with Six Nations

08/14/1793 Autograph Letter Signed

Commissioners enclose copy of speech to Six Nations proposing peace, no reply from Indians. Commissioners fear a closing of negotiations prior to completion of treaty due to prolonged waiting for …

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