Treaty held with the Catawba and Cherokee Indians (1756).

• imprint_number: 1756.002
• title: A treaty held with the Catawba and Cherokee Indians, at the Catawba-Town and Broad-River, in the months of February and March 1756. By virtue of a commission granted by the Honorable Robert Dinwiddie, Esquire, His Majesty's lieutenant-governor, and commander in chief of the colony and dominion of Virginia, to the Honorable Peter Randolph and William Byrd, Esquires, members of His Majesty's Council of the said colony. Published by order of the governor.
• sequence_number: 2
• year: 1756
• place_issued: Williamsburg
• issuing_press: William Hunter
• author: Virginia.
• notes: Clayton-Torrence: "The sole object of the treaty was, of course, to secure the aid of the two nations of Indians against the French."
  
  
• Related Bios:
  • William Hunter, Sr.
  • John Stretch

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