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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03161 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0075] May-August 1785 |
| Title | Speech regarding the boundary line of the Creek Nation |
| Date | June 1785 |
| Author | McIntosh, Lachlan (1725-1806) |
| Document Type | Government document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Docket indicates this to be a speech by McIntosh. "We wish to show you our Brothers & Country Men also, that all injuries are forgotten and gone away- and the Hatchet buryed deep between us and your Nation likewise [1]... if one nation or people have more than they can use or have occasion for; - they ought in reason of Justice to give part of what is useless... to those people who are in want & cannot live without it &c" [4]. McIntosh claims that the boundary line designated in a previous treaty was left unmarked. Attempts to settle the boundary dispute and to persuade the Creeks to grant the "people of Georgia" more land. Docketed in Knox's hand. |
| Subjects | Land Transaction American Indian History Treaty Diplomacy Government and Civics Boundary or Property Dispute Frontiers and Exploration |
| People | McIntosh, Lachlan (1725-1806) |
| Theme | Native Americans; Government & Politics; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |