Black, William, 1720-1782.

William Black was a planter and public official of Westmoreland County, Va. In 1744 he was appointed by Governor William Gooch to the post of secretary to William Beverley and Thomas Lee, commissioners appointed to work with the representatives of Pennsylvania and Maryland to negotiate with the Iroquois Nation about the lands west of the Allegheny Mountains. In July, 1744, the so-called Treaty of Lancaster was concluded which paid the Indians 400 pounds for the territory which ran westward from the frontier of Virginia to the Ohio River.

From the description of Diary, 1744 [photoprint]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122405583