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Fort Harmar Treaty

Fort Harmar 1789

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1789 January. The two Treaties of Fort Harmar were signed near Fort Harmar. One treaty was with representatives of the Wyandot, Delaware, Ottawa, Chippewa, Potawatomi, and Sac (Sauk); the other with the Six Nations (except the Mohawk who did not attend). Territorial Governor St. Clair, the only U.S. commissioner at the treaty, signed both treaties. All other whites present were observers or interpreters. In September the former treaty was ratified by the U.S. Senate and proclaimed by President Washington, but the Senate refused to ratify the treaty with the Six Nations and it was never proclaimed. The treaties were ineffectual in bringing peace. See: Treaty of Fort Harmar (1789; Transcript: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=451).

Were treaty belts exchanged?

Fort Stanwix 1758  Massachusetts Historical Society - A Set of Plans and Forts in America, 1765

Reference:

Marietta SAR. 2009. http://mariettasar.com/FortHarmar4.htm.

Ohio History Central. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=451

Walker, Richard. Ph.D. 2009, The Theft of Ohio: Treaty of Fort Harmar 1789. (MSS., 2009); Ohio History Central: An Online Encyclopedia of Ohio History.