Bond and agreement, 1769 Apr. 8, with William Buchannan.

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Bond and agreement, 1769 Apr. 8, with William Buchannan.

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Copy of a two-part document. In the first part, Croghan, John Baynton, William Trent, and Thomas Smallman bind themselves to pay £300 to William Buchannan. The second part is an agreement giving Buchannan the option of requesting, in lieu of the money, a portion of the lands that Smallman expects to receive under the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, which is awaiting ratification.

1 item (3 p.) ; 34 cm.

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Smallman, Thomas

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Baynton, John, 1726-1773

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Buchannan, William

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Indiana Company.

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Trent, William, 1715-1787?

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William Trent, born in Philadelphia in 1715, was appointed Captain of the Pennsylvania Militia in 1746. From 1749-1754 he was partners with George Croghan in Indian trade along the Ohio River. In 1752 as an agent for Virginia, he was in charge of an expedition transporting gifts to the Miami Indians. He attended Indian councils in 1752, 57 and 59. From 1760-1762 he was a member of Simon, Trent, Levy and Franks, traders. He bought a tract of land on the Ohio River from the Six Nations in 1768 whi...

Croghan, George, 1720?-1782

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Indian agent and public official. From the description of Papers of George Croghan, 1768. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064125 According to Mr. Julian F. Boyd, Librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, who viewed this document on October 1, 1938, with Mr. Carl Van Doren, this is am accurate, clerk's copy of the original minutes of the conference, corrected in the handwriting of Mr. Richard Peters, Secretary of the conference. From the description of...