Boundaries of the United States and Indian lands
Document 1784Congressional resolution, signed by Secretary Charles Thomson, pertaining to the boundaries of the United States and Indian lands.
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[Commission
to
Congress—
June 3. 1784.
To treat with Indians]
The Committee of the States
To all to whom these presents shall come to be made known Send Greeting
The United States in Congress Assembled to all who shall or may [undecipherable] appertain Send Greeting —
Whereas we have judged it proper to [undecipherable] commissioners or [undecipherable] to deal with all the Indians residing within the boundaries of the United States of America in the [undecipherable] and Middle Departments comprehending the whole of the [undecipherable] Nations, and all [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] good [undecipherable] with all the frontier [undecipherable] for this purpose of carrying this into effect and [undecipherable] the great and important object of providing security along our growing settlements [undecipherable] all the frontiers of the United States [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] date the [undecipherable] day of [undecipherable] as far as possible, all members of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] States [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Henry [undecipherable]
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By the United States in Congress [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable: probable reading — "for which you have caused to be completed in testimony thereof have caused the Act of the United States to be hereunto affixed. Witness the Honorable [undecipherable] and by [undecipherable] of the Great Seal this [undecipherable] day of [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] from and the [undecipherable] year Who sovereignty due"]
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Type
Document Signed
Description
Congressional resolution, signed by Secretary Charles Thomson, pertaining to the boundaries of the United States and Indian lands.
Date
06/03/1784
Author
Collection
Document number
1784060390201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Charles Thomson
Nathaniel Greene
George Rogers Clark
Arthur Lee
Richard Butler
Benjamin Lincoln
Stephen Higgenson
Oliver Wolcott
Thomas Mifflin
Six Nations
Indians
citizens of the United States
Notable locations
lands within the boundaries of the United States
Notable items
Lands
boundaries
commission to congress June 3rd, 1784 to treat with Indians

