Suspension of the Establishment at Presque Isle
Document 1794Govenor Mifflin makes his case against the suspension of the establishment of the town at Presque Isle, arguing that the land for the town is the property of his State and could not justifiably have been ceded to the Indians by the recent treaty.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Govenor Mifflin makes his case against the suspension of the establishment of the town at Presque Isle, arguing that the land for the town is the property of his State and could not justifiably have been ceded to the Indians by the recent treaty.
Date
07/18/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Collection
Document number
1794071800102
Page start
1
Notable persons
Thomas Mifflin
George Washington
Executive of the General Government
Commissioners
legislature [of Pennsylvania]
Six Nations
Governor
President
Secretary of War
attorney general
Cornplanter
commissioners
British agents
Notable locations
Pennsylvania
War Department
Presque Isle establishment
constitutional boundaries
Notable items
execution of the Presque Isle law
consequences of the suspension
interests of the Union
transgressing the Constitutional boundaries of his authority
interests of the State
my constitutional and legal powers
advice of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania
execution of the law within the law prescribed
suspension of the establishment at Presque Isle
settlements
treaty
sense of justice
lands which we had fairly bought
control of British agents
title of Pennsylvania
repeated recognitions by Cornplanter