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George Washington: “I lay before you, for your consideration, a treaty of peace which has been negotiated by General Wayne, on behalf of the…”

On the recordDecember 8, 1795
I lay before you, for your consideration, a treaty of peace which has been negotiated by General Wayne, on behalf of the United States, with all the late hostile tribes of Indians northwest of the river Ohio.
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George Washington
Independent · Virginia

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