Lancaster Treaty Of 1744 With Related Documents

Name: Lancaster Treaty Of 1744 With Related Documents
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ISBN: 9780312454142

ISBN-10: 0312454147

ISBN-13: 9780312454142

Edition: 2008

Authors: James H. Merrell

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The Lancaster Treaty of 1744 offers students a close look at colonial-Indian relations in North America. The treaty minutes offer some of the best historical evidence of Iroquois perspectives on colonial power and diplomacy. James Merrell uses the treaty minutes, published by Benjamin Franklin shortly after the end of the negotiations, to illuminate critical issues in the mid-eighteenth-century struggles between and among Indians and colonial empires. These issues, including competing colonial claims, land use and tenure, diplomacy, and cultural exchange, bring complex colonial worlds to life for students. Accompanying the treaty minutes are four documents by European and colonial observers…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 2/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.66" wide x 8.33" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

James H. Merrell is Lucy Maynard Salmon Professor of History at Vassar College. He is author and editor of numerous books, including his second Bancroft Prize-winner (and a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize),Into the American Woods: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania Frontier.



Foreword


Preface


List of Illustrations



Introduction: Indians, Colonists, and Treaties


Major Figures in the Lancaster Treaty


Lancaster, Pennsylvania, June 26, 1977: An American History Lesson


Indians and Other Early Americans


The Iroquois League: Its History and Diplomacy


Treaties Between Indians and Colonists


Crisis and Contempt: The Hard Road to Lancaster


The 1744 Lancaster Treaty


Treaty Minutes as Historical Texts


The Aftermath of the Lancaster Treaty



The Document


A Note About the Text


A Treaty Held at the Town of Lancaster, In Pennsylvaniaï¿½ï¿½Ç°in June 1744, printed and sold by Benjamin Frankli