Papers of George Croghan, 1768.

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Papers of George Croghan, 1768.

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Minutes (1768 April 26-May 9) of a conference held at Fort Pitt, Pa., in which Croghan, deputy agent for Indian affairs in Pennsylvania held treaty negotiations with the Ohio and Western Indian tribes, including the Six Nations, Delaware, Shawnee, Munsee, Mohegan, and Wyandot. Other officials involved in the conference include John Allen and Joseph Shippen.

1 volume (34 pages).1 container.1 microfilm reel.

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Allen, John, fl. 1768.

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Six Nations

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Moses Cleaveland was a Connecticut lawyer, legislator, and army officer who became the Director and agent for the Connecticut Land Company. Prior to leading its first surveying and exploring party into the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1795 and founding the City of Cleveland, Ohio in 1796, Cleaveland sought permission from the Six Nations to survey and settle the land that they traditionally controlled. From the description of Chiefs of the Six Nations letter to Moses Cleaveland, 17...

Shippen, Joseph, -1859

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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...