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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Governor and Council in Richmond received copy of the 1785 Treaty of Hopewell between U.S. commissioners and Cherokee headmen, requiring mutual restoration of prisoners, citizens, negroes, and property taken during the Revolutionary War.
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The Governor and Council have received a copy of the Definitive Treaty, concluded at Hopewell, on the Keowee River, the 28th of November, 1785, between the commissioners of the United States of America, of the one part, and the headmen and warriors of all the Cherokees of the other part. The commissioners of the United States of America to restore all the prisoners taken from the Indians during the late war, to the headmen and warriors of the Cherokees, as early as possible; and the headmen and warriors of all the Cherokees to restore all the prisoners, citizens of the United States, or subjects of their allies, to their entire liberty—and also, to restore all the negroes and other property taken during the late war from the citizens to such persons, and at such time and place, as the said commissioners shall appoint, Signed by thirty-six headmen and warriors of all the Cherokees.
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Hopewell, On The Keowee River
Event Date
28th Of November, 1785
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mutual restoration of prisoners taken during the late war, including citizens, subjects of allies, negroes, and other property to appointed persons, times, and places.
Event Details
Definitive Treaty between U.S. commissioners and Cherokee headmen and warriors, requiring U.S. to restore prisoners to Cherokees as early as possible, and Cherokees to restore U.S. prisoners to liberty and return negroes and property taken from citizens.