Meigs, Return Jonathan, 1740-1823
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1740-12 - 1823-01-28
Biography
Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was one of the settlers of the Northwest Territory in what is now the state of Ohio.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Cherokee Treaty , 1804
Item
Identifier: 29
Scope and Contents
This is the original manuscript of the Cherokee Treaty of 1804 which was concluded in the National Council of the Cherokees assembled at Eustinalee on the 9th day of April, 1804, with Return J. Meigs, Agent to the Cherokees, acting under instructions from the Executive of the United States. This treaty provided for a road across the Cumberland Mountains from Kentucky through Tennessee to Tellico. The witnesses were William Tharp, William Lovely, and Charles Hicks, the...
Dates:
1804-04-09
Filtered By
- Subject: Cherokee Nation -- Treaties, etc. -- United States -- 1804 April 9. X