Commissioners
11 documents

Keeping the Peace
09/25/1785 Copy of documentPacan, Chief of the Upper Miami Towns, speaks to General Clark and the Commissioners of Indian Affairs at Post St. Vincent. Pacan desires peace and blames Alexander McKee for fomenting hostilities …
William Clark Papers
Instructions to the Commissioners for negotiating with the tribes of Indians in the Southern Department.
10/26/1787 Copy of Signed DocumentCongress reports to the commissioners of Indian Affairs that hostilities have commenced between the state of North Carolina and the Cherokee Nation, and the state of Georgia and the Creek Nation, with …
Andrew Pickens Papers
Indian Talks Regarding Land Rights in Georgia
05/26/1788 Document SignedIndians request removal of Georgian settlers from their land. Then there will be peace. Expressed desire for peace with all three nations (England, Spain, America). Doctor White has acted on behalf …
Governor's Messages- No image
Instructions to the Commissioners for Treating with the Souther Indians
08/29/1789 Printed transcription/modern copy of DocumentInstructions to Lincoln, Griffin, and Humphreys, Commissioners for negotiating treaties of peace with the Indian tribes and nations south of the Ohio River. The various objects of the mission are …
Printed Versions - No image
Boumdary Line Between Cherokee Land and U.S.
10/07/1792 Printed DocumentEnclosed extract of letter to Little Turkey and other Cherokee chiefs pertaining to meeting of chiefs and commissioners to run boundary line between two nations. Specified where line should fall, …
Printed Versions 
Speech from the Confederate Indians at Miami Rapids
07/27/1793 LetterbookSpeech of the Confederate Indians at the Miami Rapids to the U.S. Commissioners of Indian Affairs, where they ask if the United States government will honor the boundary set forth in the Treaty of …
MG23 HI1 John Graves Simcoe, Papers
Ownership of Land West of the Ohio River
08/13/1793 Document SignedOfficial document from Confederacy of Indian Nations. Land ceded by a few chiefs of the Confederacy did not validate the U.S. claims to the land west of the Ohio River. Indians will not sell their …
Superintendent General's Office, 1791-1828
Knox drafts proposed instructions to Indian Commissioners
02/16/1793 Draft DocumentDocument, Draft Memorandum containing proposed instructions for U.S. Commissioners of Indian Affairs.
Henry Knox Papers. [Microfilm]
Indian Council refuses to meet U.S. Commissioners
08/16/1793 Copy of documentConfederation of Indian tribes refuse to meet with U.S. Commissioners until the boundary agreed upon at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix [Ohio River] is affirmed.
Henry O'Reilly Collection
Application for Refugee Aid
02/19/1800 Document SignedRecounts travails of De Lesderniers, and seeks financial assistance for hardships. Petition for relief is on behalf of the author's parents, Gideon and Mary deLesdernier.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Account of Doctor Craik
LetterbookAccount of Doctor James Craik with the United States. Includes pay, subsistence, clothing, and forage.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
