Help complete a Transcription! Treaty of New York with the Creek Nation of Indians

Treaty of New York with the Creek Nation of Indians

At the behest of President Washington and Henry Knox, in the summer of 1787 several Creek leaders, along with their leader Alexander McGilivray, traveled all the way to New York City for treaty talks.  The Treaty of New York was important because it represented Washington’s and Henry Knox’s more enlightened views about dealing with Indians-that is, negotiating rather than simply taking lands away.

Williams writes Knox from London on the French Revolution

Here Williams, a successful businessman and  grand nephew of Benjamin Franklin, waxes enthusiastically about the justness of the French Revolution.  His viewpoint is particularly interesting because it predates the execution of the King Louis XVI and the onset of  the so called “Reign of Terror.”

The next four documents are some of our earliest in the collection,  detailing General Nathanael Greene’s supply problems during the Southern campaigns during the Revolutionary War.  Considered by Washington one of his ablest officers, Greene went into personal debt to feed his soldiers.

General Greene’s Southern Army and problems with supply during Revolutionary War

Clothing for General Greene’s Southern Army

Procurement of Clothing for General Greene’s Southern Army

General Greene’s Report on Clothing for the Southern Army