Report of a meeting with the Seneca Nation Council, 1812 July 17.

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Report of a meeting with the Seneca Nation Council, 1812 July 17.

1812

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A collection of four documents relating to Hoops' meeting with the Seneca's and their chief, Cornplanter. Two of the documents are speeches: one made by Hoops to the Senecas asking for their neutrality and discussing the circumstances of the war; the other Cornplanter's reply (in Hoops' hand). The third document is a report sent by Hoops to Major Van Campen, dated July 22, 1812, regarding the meeting. The final document is a letter dated May 23, 1836 to Solomon Van Rensselaer from Hoops. The letter transmits the other three documents and details the circumstances surrounding their creation for Van Rensselaer.

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Seneca Nation.

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Van Rensselaer, Solomon, 1744-1852.

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Cornplanter, Seneca chief, 1732?-1836

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Cornplanter (born between 1732 and 1746–February 18, 1836), was a Seneca war chief and diplomat of the Wolf clan. As a chief warrior, Cornplanter fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. In both wars, the Seneca and three other Iroquois nations were allied with the British. After the war Cornplanter led negotiations with the United States and was a signatory of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784). He helped gain Iroquois neutrality during the Northwest Indian War. ...

Van Campen, Moses, 1757-1849

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Hoops, Robert, fl. 1812.

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Hoops was sent as an emissary to the Seneca Indians in order to persuade them to remain neutral in the war with Great Britain. From the description of Report of a meeting with the Seneca Nation Council, 1812 July 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122346493 ...