Evans, Griffith, 1760-1845.

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Griffith Evans was bon in Warwick, Chester Co., Pa. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as clerk in the medical corps of the Continental Army. After the close of the war, he was appointed secretary and storekeeper of the Pennsylvania commissioners who represented the state at the negotiations with the Six Nations nations at Fort Stanwix and the Wyandots, Delawares, Ottawas, and Chippewas at Fort McIntosh (January 1785). Evans was charged with delivering the diplomatic gifts to the Indians. In 1787, he accompanied Timothy Pickering to the Wyoming Valley, and in 1796 lived in Paris. He later returned to Philadelphia where he purchased a house on the Germantown district.

From the description of Journal of Griffith Evans, 1784, Aug. 30 - 1785, Nov. 13. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 643591277

Griffith Evans (1760-1845) was born in Warwick, Pa., served as a teamster in the Revolutionary War, and held a variety of secretarial and surveying posts with the state of Pennsylvania after the war. In 1797, he was appointed Secretary of the joint arbitration Commission provided for by Jay's Treaty to resolve the obstacles of state courts to the collection of prewar debts by British creditors.

From the description of Papers, 1797-1799. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259327

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Great Britain
Northwest, Old
United States
Pennsylvania
United States
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Delaware Indians
Fort McIntosh (Pa.), Treaty of, 1785
Fort Stanwix (Rome, N.Y.), Treaty of, 1784
Indian agents
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Iroquois Indians
New York (State)
Ojibwa Indians
Ottawa Indians
Wyandot Indians
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Birth 1760

Death 1845

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