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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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Journal of Commissioners at Treaty of Hopewell, South Carolina
11/21/1785 Printed or published transcription/modern copy
Entry reports that Headmen and warriors of Cherokees assembled. Ordered that interpreters inform Indians that commissioners will meet the following day at 10 o'clock, under the bower erected for that …
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Indian Commissioners
09/01/1785 Contemporary Printed Copy of Letter/Document (other than PL/PD)
Benjamin Hawkins informs Patrick Henry of his reply to Beverley Randolph directing him to proceed in the duties required of an Indian commissioner.
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Harmar informs Secretary at War of his orders to subordinates
10/22/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Harmar, Commander, First American Regiment, informs Henry Knox, Secretary at War, of the orders issued to subordinate officers prior to his departure from Fort McIntosh. …
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Form a Company of Infantry to Attend Indian Treaties
07/15/1785 Typed Document
Congress directs that a company of Infantry be detached to Fort McIntosh to attend the Indian Commissions during the treaty being held at the falls of the Ohio and mouth of the Great Miami River. Fish …
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Expression of concern regarding the discharge of Pennsylvania troops by order of Congress
06/30/1785 Copy of document
John Armstrong sends Henry Knox a letter expressing his state's concern over the discharge of Pennsylvania troops from Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Harmar's command.
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Expiration of enlistments for 1st American Regiment
09/01/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Josiah Harmar, Commanding Officer, 1st American Regiment, sends a monthly return of troops in federal service to President John Dickinson. In this return, Harmar states that, contrary to his initial …
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Draught of Treaty
11/28/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Commissioners assembled, to include Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, Joseph Martin, Laughlin McIntosh. From North Carolina, William Blount. From Georgia, John King and Thomas Glasscock. Interpreters …
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Doughty sends intelligence to Knox regarding Indian intentions and British efforts to actively foment hostilities between the Indian Nations and the United States
10/21/1785 Printed transcription/modern copy of letter
This is an intelligence report from Captain John Doughty to Henry Knox, Secretary at War. This report assesses Indian intentions and British efforts to actively foment hostilities between the Nations …
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Congressional requisition for Pennsylvania troops
08/09/1785 Printed or published transcription/modern copy
Henry Knox, Secretary at War, transmits the Congressional requisition for Pennsylvania troops to President John Dickinson.
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Commissioners on Indian Treaty: List of Goods for Six Nations of Indians
08/10/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
F. Johnson sends to President John Dickinson an enclosed list of goods to be provided by Pennsylvania to the Six Nations.
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Appointment as Officer of the Day
07/04/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Request to order officer and men to parade and fire salutes in honor of July 4th (Independence Day). Appointed Fish as Officer of the Day who will preside over the days celebrations and ceremonies.
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04/1785 Type Undetermined
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04/03/1785 Type Undetermined
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Wanted: A Strong Central Government
10/23/1786 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Knox laments lack of unity among the thirteen independent sovereigns and mentions the idea of strengthening the central government. Powers of Congress are inadequate for preserving peace for the …
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Treaty with the Shawnee nation
01/31/1786 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Articles of a Treaty concluded at the mouth of the Great Miami between the commissioners plenipotentiary of the U.S. and the chiefs and warriors of the Shawnee nation. Describes the lands to be …
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Security for Captain Hutchins' surveyors, conciliation of Delawares and Chippewas, and lawless settlers
08/04/1786 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Captain Hutchins requested a body of troops to cover the surveyors. Captain Hamtramck moved from Mingo Bottom to Little Beaver to cover that purpose. Reports on lawless villains at Wheeling who …
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Report on Treaty of Hopewell, Made with the Cherokee Indians
01/04/1786 Printed or published letter
Report of commissioners Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, and Joseph Martin on their treaty with the Cherokee. Includes a detailed description of their meeting and their impressions of the Cherokee and their …
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Report on Indian activities along boundary with Canada
07/03/1786 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Reports on designs in Canada from Indian informant John Bull, also known as Sheebo. Mentions a contingent, with designs on purchasing lands from Indians.
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Report of Mr. Philip Liebert regarding intentions of the savages
07/20/1786 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Liebert was ordered by Major Doughty to pass through the Delaware and Shawnee towns on the Miami and at Sandusky. Shawanese not disposed to peace. The Delawares and Wyandots were more kind and …
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Regarding the laws of trade in the several states
09/13/1786 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Coxe discusses dissimilar trade regulations and thinks that none should be adopted that might militate against the fundamental and essential principles of the Union.
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Regarding intruders on public lands, Captain Hutchins and his surveyors, and dissatisfaction prevailing amongst the Indians
07/12/1786 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Colonel Harmar reports on efforts to dislodge illegal settlers on public lands. He reports on the efforts of surveyor Captain Hutchins and his crew, and the provision of security against Indians. …
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Regarding Dissimilar Commercial Regulations
09/16/1786 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Coxe, a Commissioner for Pennsylvania, asks the Maryland Commissioners to pass on a message to their state Legislature. Coxe states that though difference of circumstances has led to dissimilar trade …
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Presentation of Papers on Indian Treaties
05/19/1786 Printed or published document
Livingston lays before the (New Jersey) House congressional papers dealing with Indian treaties and accounts between the states, as well as resolutions from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania appointing …
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