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Title

  • Articles of a treaty, concluded at Fort Stanwix, on the twenty-second day of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, between Oliver Wolcott, Richard Butler and Arthur Lee, commissioners plenipotentiary from the United States in Congress assembled, on the one part, and the sachems and warriors of the Six Nations on the other.

Names

  • Six Nations.
  • Wolcott, Oliver, 1726-1797.
  • Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818.
  • United States. 1785 Jan. 21.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [New York : s.n., 1785]

Headings

  • -  Indians of North America--Treaties
  • -  Indians of North America--Government relations--To 1789
  • -  United States--New York--New York

Genre

  • Treaties--Iroquois Indians--1784
  • Treaties--United States--1784
  • Treaties--United States--1785
  • Treaties--Huron Indians--1785

Notes

  • -  Two treaties; the first, Oct. 22, 1784; the second, Jan. 21, 1785. Cf. Evans 18817, 19278; Journals of the Continental Congress, 480.
  • -  Caption title.
  • -  Signed by Wolcott, Butler, and Lee; by 12 representatives of the Six Nations; and by 13 witnesses.
  • -  Imprint supplied by Evans 19278. Evans 18817 suggests date as 1784 and printer as Isaac Collins?, Trenton; but the text of the 1785 treaty (Evans 19278) is printed on p. [3-4] of the same sheet. The Continental Congress met in New York from Jan. 11, 1785 to July 24 1789.
  • -  Followed by: Articls [i.e. Articles] of a treaty, concluded at Fort M'Intosh, the 21st day of January, 1785, between the commissioners plenipotentiary of the United States of America of the one part, and the sachems and warriors of the Wiandot, Delaware, Chippawa and Ottawa nations of the other. Signed by Geo. Clark, Richard Butler, and Arthur Lee; by 13 representatives of the Indian nations, and by 12 witnesses.
  • -  Evans 188187
  • -  Evans 19278
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 480
  • -  Another copy cataloged separately under call number E99.I7U71 as LCCN 33-10056 and 33-10057. qr01 09-25-90

Medium

  • [4] p. ; 32 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 136

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898268

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Six Nations, Oliver Wolcott, George Rogers Clark, United States 1785 Jan. 21, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. Articles of a treaty, concluded at Fort Stanwix, on the twenty-second day of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, between Oliver Wolcott, Richard Butler and Arthur Lee, commissioners plenipotentiary from the United States in Congress assembled, on the one part, and the sachems and warriors of the Six Nations on the other. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898268/.

APA citation style:

Six Nations, Wolcott, O., Clark, G. R., United States 1785 Jan. 21 & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1785) Articles of a treaty, concluded at Fort Stanwix, on the twenty-second day of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, between Oliver Wolcott, Richard Butler and Arthur Lee, commissioners plenipotentiary from the United States in Congress assembled, on the one part, and the sachems and warriors of the Six Nations on the other. [New York: s.n] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898268/.

MLA citation style:

Six Nations, et al. Articles of a treaty, concluded at Fort Stanwix, on the twenty-second day of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, between Oliver Wolcott, Richard Butler and Arthur Lee, commissioners plenipotentiary from the United States in Congress assembled, on the one part, and the sachems and warriors of the Six Nations on the other. [New York: s.n, 1785] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/90898268/>.