| Title: | Congress Held at Fort Stanwix. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3865 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1761-70/38 |
| Year | 1768 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | unknown |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Fort Stanwix, Roma, New York, USA |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | re terrritorial politics |
| Source | The Belfast News Letter, 13 January 1769. |
| Archive | The Central Library, Belfast. |
| Doc. No. | 9412129 |
| Date | 14/11/1768 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT/JW, 11:12:1994. |
| Word Count | 322 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | AMERICA New-York, Nov. 14. His Excellency Wm. Franklin, Esq., Governor of New Jersey, the Hon. Frederic Smith, Chief Justice of New Jersey, the Hon. Thomas Walker, Esq. Commissioner from Virginia, and the Rev. Mr. Peters, and James Tilgham, Esq., of the Council of Pennsylvania, with several other Gentlemen, returned here a few days ago from Fort Stanwix, where they have been attending the congress held by the Hon. Sir William Johnson, Bart, with the fix United Nations and their Tributaries. We hear that about 3200 Indians from the different tribes of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagoes, Seneca, Cayugas, Tufcororas, Coghnowages, Onoghguagocs, Tuteloes, Shawanese, Delawares, Mingoes of Ohio, Nanticockes, Conoys, Chugnots, Schosas and Orifcas, met Sir William at Fort William at Fort Stanwix, on the very important business recommended by the King's Ministers. And we have now the pleasure to be informed that by his unwearied application, address, and extraordinary influence (which never appeared more conspicious than on this occasion) the fix Nations and all their Tributaries have granted a vast extent of country to his Majesty, and the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania, and settled an advantageous boundry line between the Hunting Country and this and other Colonies to the Southward, as far as the Cherokee River; for which they received the most valuable present in goods and dollars that was ever given at any conference, since the settlement of America. An uncommon sobriety and good humour prevailed through all the numerous Indian camps for above [about?] seven weeks, and the Sachems and Warriors departed from the congress in a very happy disposition of mind, from a firm persuasion of mind, from a firm persuasion, that his Majesty will gratify them in their just and reasonable expectations. It is earnestly to be hoped that grand cession and boundary will be rightly improved, as they will undoubtedly secure the future tranquility of these colonies, and be productive of lasting commerical advantages to them and Great Britain. |
