Ammendment to the Treaty of Holston
Document 1792This document, dated 17 Feb 1792, is an ammendment to the original Treaty of Holston, dated 2 July 1791. This ammendment changes the amount paid by the United States to the Cherokee Nation for "relinquishment" of their lands.
100%
⇣
No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
Now know ye, that I having seen, and considered the said additional Article, do accept ratify and confirm the same. In Testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed and signed the same with my hand.
Given at the City of Philadelphia this seventeenth day of February in the Year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety two and in the Sixteenth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States.
Go: Washington
By the President
Thomas Jefferson
[seal: L.S.]
[notation at bottom: Copy — Article No 3]
Type
Letterbook
Description
This document, dated 17 Feb 1792, is an ammendment to the original Treaty of Holston, dated 2 July 1791. This ammendment changes the amount paid by the United States to the Cherokee Nation for "relinquishment" of their lands.
Date
02/17/1792
Repository
Collection
Document number
1792021790000
Page start
3
Note
Enclosed in Knox [Instructions to Brigadier General Rufus Putnam], 05/22/1792.
Notable persons
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Henry Knox
Clear Sky
Bloody Fellow
Kingfisher
George Miller
Cherokees
Creeks
Nontuaka
the Northward
Chutloh
Katigostah
the prince
Teesteki
Common Disturber
Suaka
Notable locations
Philadelphia