Iroquois Nation Six Nations. Document signed with the holograph totems of 14 chiefs.

GLC02548

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GLC#
GLC02548
Type
Documents
Date
1769/07/28
Author/Creator
Iroquois Nation
Title
Six Nations. Document signed with the holograph totems of 14 chiefs.
Place Written
[Lancaster, Penn.?]
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 31 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
Road to Revolution

A reciept acknowledging the final payment for land ceded by the Six Nations at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix.
With the loss of these lands the Six Nations eventually dispersed: the Mohawk and Cayuga to Canada, the Oneida to Wisconsin, while the Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora stayed in upstate New York.

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