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Collection and transfer of funds

04/29/1784 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Council upon St. Clair to expedite the collection and transfer of funds. Council, upon considering the exhausted state of the Treasury, and that the public exigencies were such as to call for an …

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The Headmen Produce their Map and Tassel Addresses the Commissioners

11/26/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Discussion on the boundaries. Colonel Richard Henderson called a liar in his dealings. Commissioners point out that Henderson is dead and say that the country believes it has long since been sold. …

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Resolutions of Congress for raising new regiment; & Council request for names of officers willing to continue service under present circumstance

05/10/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Secretary Armstrong sends to Lieutenant Colonel Harmar a letter enclosed with congressional resolutions pertaining to raising a new regiment. Additionally, Armstrong provides the following direction …

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Request for time to draw map of country

11/25/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Headmen request paper and pencil and to be left to themselves in order to draw up a map of their country.

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Report on the proceedings at Treaty of Hopewell

12/30/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Hawkins and Pickens report on the treaty proceedings at Hopewell with the Cherokees and Treaty talks with the Creeks. Refers to Creek leader Alexander McGillivray, a half breed with strong connections …

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Regarding the resolution of Congress respecting a new arrangement of the Corps

05/24/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Josiah Harmar acknowledges receipt of a resolution of Congress forwarded by President John Dickinson. This Congressional resolution pertains to the new structure of the 1st American Regiment. Harmar …

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Regarding measures adopted by Pennsylvania to raise troops in accordance with congressional mandate

05/19/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Henry Knox sends to President John Dickinson a letter asking to be informed of the measures adopted by the state of Pennsylvania to raise troops in accordance with congressional mandate. Notes that …

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Preliminary Speeches by Cherokee Headmen at Treaty of Hopewell

11/23/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Tassel of Chota. Refers to red people as the original people of the the land. Presents beads as confirmation of friendship. Refers to encroachment by whites on indian land. Recalls past treaties, then …

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Opening Address from Commissioners at Hopewell Treaty

11/22/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Commissioners state that they have been sent by Congress to meet to headmen of Cherokees. Express good wishes. The recount the contributions of Cherokees during the American Revolutionary War. Make …

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Monthly return of the Pennsylvania troops at Fort McIntosh, and removal of vagabonds

05/01/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Lt.Colonel Josiah Harmar send to President John Dickinson a return of Pennsylvania troops in the service of the United States. Harmar recommends David Duncan to Dickinson for the job of taking charge …

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Monthly return of Pennsylvania troops, on the fitness of troops, Treaty of Wabash

08/01/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Josiah Harmar, Commanding Officer, 1st American Regiment, sends a monthly return of Pennsylvania troops to President John Dickinson. Harmar asks Dickinson not to hurry recruiting. By Harmar's …

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Massachusetts: Cession of western Land Claims.

04/19/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

General Court of Massachusetts passed Act relinquishing certain lands the property of the Commonwealth, for the common benefit of the United States. Such tract lies between Rivers Hudson and …

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Letter offering testimony in support of Major John Adam's request for reimbursement

05/21/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

John Beatty sends to Henry Knox a letter offering testimony in support of Major John Adam's request for reimbursement for extraordinary expenses incurred in the course of duties rendered.

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Land Ordinance of 1785 for ascertaining the mode of disposing Lands in the Western territory

05/20/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Congress publishes the Land Ordinance of 1785 on 20 May. Congress issues guidance for the marking, mapping, subdivision, and sale lands in the western territory. An Ordinance for ascertaining the …

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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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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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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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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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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 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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