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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.08213 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0077] January-August 1786 |
| Title | Letters to John Hancock and Joseph Martin |
| Date | 4-15 January 1786 |
| Author | Hawkins, Benjamin (1754-1816) |
| Additional authors | Martin, Joseph (1740-1808); Pickens, Andrew (1739-1817) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Government document |
| Content Description | A set of copied letters to John Hancock and Joseph Martin regarding treaties with the Indians. The first is addressed to Charles Thomson and signed by both Hawkins and Andrew Pickens. The second is addressed to Hancock, dated 4 January 1786 and signed by Hawkins, Pickens and Joseph Martin. The third is dated 14 January of the same year and signed by the same as the previous. The rest are unsigned and dated up to 15 January 1786. Noted as written in Hopewell, a plantation in South Carolina. Evidently relates to one of the three Hopewell Treaties between the U.S. and Cherokee, Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. |
| Subjects | American Indian History Treaty Military History Diplomacy Peace |
| People | Hancock, John (1737-1793) Hawkins, Benjamin (1754-1816) Martin, Joseph (1740-1808) Pickens, Andrew (1739-1817) Thomson, Charles (1729-1824) |
| Place written | Hopewell, South Carolina |
| Theme | Creating a New Government; Native Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |