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Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 [Treaty of Ft. Stanwix]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09059.01 Author/Creator: Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 10 February 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Extract from congressional minutes: "... General Schuyler...is hereby directed to expedite the return of the deputation from the late hostile tribes of Indians...that due notice shall be given them of the time and place where Congress will hold a meeting for setting a general treaty with the Indian Nations...In the mean time the Indian tribes may be assured of the protection of the United States so long as they continue in the peaceable disposition..."

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