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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04691-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 14 August 1790
- Author/Creator
- McGillvray, Alexander, 1750-1793
- Title
- [Oath of allegiance]
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 42.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Creek chief McGillivray swears an oath of allegiance to the United States government and swears to obey the President of the United States as well as "orders of the officers appointed over me." He further agrees to obey "the true intent and meaning of the secret articles of the treaty of peace" signed between the Creeks and the American government. Sworn before and signed by Supreme Court Justice John Blair, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and chief clerk of the War Office John Stagg.
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