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Iroquois Treaty

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08332 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1794 Pagination: Order a Copy

Negotiations with General Chapin leading up to the Canandaigua Treaty (Nov.,1794) which was part of Washington's tactics to contain British agitation of the Indians and establish peace with the Nations.

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