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Open book Treaty between the United States of America and the sachems, chiefs and warriors of the Wyandot, Ottawa, Chippawa, Munsee and Delaware, Shawanee and...

Title Treaty between the United States of America and the sachems, chiefs and warriors of the Wyandot, Ottawa, Chippawa, Munsee and Delaware, Shawanee and...

Date 1805

Place Ohio--Firelands, Ohio--Fort Industry, Ohio--Western Reserve, United States

Language English

Subjects Connecticut Land Company, Indians of North America, Proprietors of the Half Million Acres of Land Lying South of Lake Erie Called Sufferers' Land, Real property

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Caption title.
Published: Washington City : Printed by William Duane and Son, 1805.
In portfolio with title: Treaty, Wyandot, Ottawa, Chippewa, Munsee, Delaware, Shawnee and Potawatomi Indians. 1805.
On vellum with cuts for ribbons and seals (lacking).
Note by Edward E. Ayer, Nov. 25, 1900, on verso.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary Treaty, July 4, 1805, between the United States; the Wyandot, Ottawa, Chippewa, Delaware, Munsee, Potawatomi, and Shawnee; and agents Henry Champion of the Connecticut Land Company and Isaac Mills of the Proprietors of the Sufferers' Land, in which the tribes ceded their lands in the Western Reserve west of Cuyahoga to the companies for $18,916.67. Document contains the signatures of the commissioner (Charles Jouett), company agents, interpreters (Jasper Parrish, Whitmore Knaggs, William Walker), and witnesses (William Dean, J.B. Mower, Israel Ruland, E. Brush), and the names and marks of the tribes' headmen and chiefs.

Biographical/Historical Note That portion of the Western Reserve of Ohio to the west of the Cuyahoga River was owned in 1805 by the Connecticut Land Company and The Proprietors of the Half Million Acres of Land Lying South of Lake Erie Called Sufferers' Land. Because Ohio tribes still claimed this land, the companies petitioned for a U.S. commissioner to effect a land cession treaty with the Indians. Also desiring release of the territory south of the company lands, the U.S. appointed Charles Jouett to handle both issues. On July 4, 1805, two treaties were concluded, one ceding company lands and the other setting a new north-south boundary line, ceding lands desired by the U.S., and clarifying payment terms.

Extent 1 item (1 leaf) ; 68 x 45 cm

Format Manuscripts, Treaties

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 434

BibID 141998

Projects Tag Digital Collections for the Classroom, Indigenous Chicago Curriculum

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 5264px × 7968px 240.04 MB

Filename 991419988805867_ayer_ms_434_01.tif

Unique Identifier NL11IBBB