Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816
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Hawkins was appointed General Superintendent of Indian Affairs for all tribes south of the Ohio River. In this capacity, he made himself principal agent to the Creek tribe.
From the description of Sketch of the Creek country in 1798 and 1799 : manuscript, [18--]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612862765
Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818) was born in Warren County, North Carolina. He attended the College of New Jersey, but left his senior year to act as a translator for George Washington's French soldiers. He served in the Congress of the Confederation from 1781 to 1784, and again 1786-1787. He then represented North Carolina as a U.S. Senator. In this position, Hawkins negotiated numerous treaties with the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw tribes, including the treaty of Coleraine, 1796. In 1796, he was appointed agent to the Creek Confederacy and General Superintendent of all Indian tribes south of the Ohio River. During this period in his life, he lived on the Creek lands. He died on June 6, 1818.
From the description of Benjamin Hawkins papers, 1790-1813 (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 76945091
U.S. senator, delegate to U.S. Contintental Congress, and Indian agent from North Carolina.
From the description of Letters of Benjamin Hawkins, 1787-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450812
Hawkins, a North Carolina native, was a member of Gen. George Washington's staff, 1776 to 1778. After serving in the North Carolina legislature, he was elected to the Confederation Congress in 1781 and the United States Senate in 1790. From 1796 until his death in 1816, he served as government agent to the Creek Indians.
From the description of Letters, 1779-1816. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 28135987
Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1816), planter, Indian agent, general superintendent of all Indians south of the Ohio, born in Warren County, North Carolina.
From the description of Benjamin Hawkins letters, 1800, 1802. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476489
Benjamin Hawkins was an Indian agent and United States Senator.
From the description of Letterbook, 1798-1799. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86165471
From the description of Journal of occurrences in the Creek agency, 1802. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122347497
From the guide to the Benjamin Hawkins letterbook, 1798-1810, 1798-1810, (American Philosophical Society)
From the guide to the Journal of occurrences in the Creek agency, 1802, 1802, (American Philosophical Society)
Indian agent, delegate to the Continental Congress, and U.S. senator from North Carolina.
From the description of Papers of Benjamin Hawkins, 1797-1802. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069266
Benjamin Hawkins was a senator from North Carolina, 1789-1795, and Indian agent for all tribes south of the Ohio River, 1796-1816.
From the description of Sketch of the Creek country in the years 1798 and 1799, [n.d.]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122632759
From the guide to the Sketch of the Creek country in the years 1798 and 1799, [n.d.], n.d., (American Philosophical Society)
North Carolina planter, U.S. senator, and Indian agent.
In 1796, George Washington appointed Hawkins, a veteran of treaty negotiations with the southern Indians, as "Principal Temporary Agent for Indian Affairs South of Ohio." Hawkins served as agent to the Creeks and as general superintendent of Indian affairs in the region until 1803. From 1803 to 1816 he continued as agent for the Creeks and Seminoles within the boundaries of U.S.
From the description of Benjamin Hawkins letters, 1797-1812. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38005732
In May, 1800, Congress authorized $15,000 to conclude treaties with the Indian tribes south of the Ohio River.
Secretary of War Henry Dearborn's instructions to his commissioners, William Davie (replaced by Andrew Pickens), Benjamin Hawkins, and James Wilkinson, contained requests for roads (with roadside inns and ferries) through Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw lands and land cessions from the Creeks. The commissioners were unsuccessful in persuading the Cherokees to grant a road, but concluded treaties with the Chickasaws (Chickasaw Bluffs, Tenn., Oct. 24, 1801) and the Choctaws (Fort Adams, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1801) allowing roads, but not inns or ferries. At Fort Wilkinson, Ga., in June, 1802, the Creeks ceded two tracts of land in exchange for perpetual annuities, goods, debt payments, and chiefs' salaries.
From the description of Journal of the commissioners of the United States : appointed to hold conferences with the several nations of Indians south of the Ohio / commenced by Colo. Hawkins one of the commrs. on the 18th July. [1802?] (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 35580266
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- Cherokee Indians
- Chickasaw Indians
- Choctaw Indians
- Creek Indians
- Creek War, 1813-1814
- Five Civilized Tribes
- Fort Wilkinson
- Indian agents
- Indian agents
- Indians of North America
- Indians, Treatment of
- Land use
- Manuscripts, American
- Native America
- Seminole Indians
- Indian agents
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- Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress
- Indian agents
- Senators, U.S. Congress
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