Report on Treaty of Hopewell, Made with the Cherokee Indians
Document 1786Report 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 relation of the Cherokee's concerns.
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Printed or published letter
Description
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 relation of the Cherokee's concerns.
Date
01/04/1786
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Hopewell
Collection
Document number
1786010490000
Note
PRINT document - American State Papers.
Notable persons
John Hancock
Benjamin Hawkins
Andrew Pickens
Joseph Martin
Cherokees
tribes
Colonel John Woods
Choctaws
Creeks
chiefs
Indians
Congress
Great Britain
interpreter
Spaniards
Mr. McGillivray
British
United States
agent
Captain John Woods
John Pitchlynn
interpreter of the Choctaw tongue
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Hopewell
United States of America
Great Britain
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