Instructions to Indian Agent to the Creeks & Other Indians South of the Ohio

Item

Type

Letterbook Copy

Title

Instructions to Indian Agent to the Creeks & Other Indians South of the Ohio

Description

Official commission and instructions for Benjamin Hawkins, as Principal Temporary Agent for Indian Affairs, within the Indian Nations South of the Ohio, and North of the Territorial Line. Includes instructions for managing trade, seeing to the sale of land between Indians & the states (principally Georgia), overseeing boundaries, etc.

year created

1796

month created

09

day created

08

author

sent from location

War Office

recipient

in collection

in image

notable person/group

Benjamin Hawkins
James McHenry
President
Creek Nation
Commissioners of the United States
Colonel Gaither
troops
white traders
Harrison
murderers
King of Spain
General Andrew Pickens
State of Georgia
national Council
subjects of Great Britain
Governors
Silas Dinsmoor
Choctaw
Chickasaw

notable location

War Office
Colerain
trading posts
Georgia
Currakee Mountain
Oconee
Ookulgie
St. Mary's
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

instructions
appointment
trading houses
plan of trade
boundary between Spain and the United States
crime
murder
land
skins
stock
agriculture
manufacture of coarse woolen, cotton, and linen
weaving
language
act
theft
journal
oath
stipend
salary

document number

1796090800002

page start

20

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Document instances

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[view document] (157 pages) IDD03 (157 pages) Collection: John Adams Papers R: 384

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James McHenry War Office [n/a]
Recipient Benjamin Hawkins [unknown] [n/a]