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1794
Iroquois Treaty
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.
GLC08332
13 April 1791
Newspaper
Gazette of the United States. [Vol. 2, no. 100 (April 13 1791)]
Page four contains "A Proclamation" from President Washington that selects, in accordance with the powers afforded him by Congress, the location on the Potomac River to become the capital of the United States. The boundaries of the proposed federal...
GLC08795
31 December 1808
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to William Henry Harrison
Asks Harrison, then governor of the Indiana Territory, to help pass laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol to Indians, in hopes that it will remove a "great obstacle to their acquiring industrious habits." Also notes that the general government policy...
GLC07156
1803/02/27
to William H. Harrison re: seeking more land for the U.S. by subjugating Indians
"To promote this disposition to exchange lands,which they have to spare and we want . . . we shall push our trading houses, and be glad to see the good & influential individuals among them run in debt, because we observe that when these debts get...
GLC07171
1798/11/24
Henderson, Ann (fl. 1798)
Court deposition transcript of Cherokee land sale in Tenn. (signed with mark)
Transcript of court deposition, signed by Henderson with her mark. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC07311
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