- Collection:
- Treaty of Hopewell
- Title:
- Treaty of Hopewell
- Date of Original:
- 1785-11-28
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Treaties--United States
Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816
Indians of North America--United States--Treaties
McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806
Pickens, Andrew, 1739-1817 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- treaties
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Treaty concluded at Hopewell on the Kiowee River, between Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, Joseph Martin, and Lachlan McIntosh, Commissioners Plenipotentiary of the United States, and the headmen and warriors of the Cherokee Indians on November 28, 1785. The treaty provided for westward expansion as it authorized the cession of much of the lands along the French Broad and Holston Rivers to the United States.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:guan_1346_harg1346-vb01-028
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:guan_1346_harg1346-vb01-028
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Box 1 Folder 1, Treaty of Hopewell, MS 1346. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
