Benjamin Franklin, Pennsylvania, And The First Nations

by Kalter, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780252030352
• ISBN10: 0252030354
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-28
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

This is an annotated edition of the treaties between the British colonies and Indian nations, originally printed and sold by Benjamin Franklin. Last published in 1938, Benjamin Franklin, Pennsylvania, and the First Nations makes these important treaties available once again, featuring a simpler, easier-to-read format, extensive explanatory notes, and maps. A detailed introduction by Susan Kalter puts the treaties in their proper historical and cultural context.This carefully researched edition shows these treaties to be complex intercultural documents, and provides significant insight into the British colonists' relationship with native peoples of North America. They also reveal the complexity of Benjamin Franklin's perceptions of Native Americans, showing him in some negotiations as a promoter of the Indian word against the colonial one. Finally, the treaties offer an enormous wealth of linguistic, aesthetic, and cultural information about the Iroquois, the Delawares, and their allies and neighbors.Susan Kalter is an assistant professor of English at Illinois State University, Normal.

Author Biography

Susan Kalter is an assistant professor of English at Illinois State University, Normal.

Table of Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS	vii
PREFACE	ix
INTRODUCTION	1	(44)
EDITOR'S NOTE	45	(4)
September and October 1736	49	(14)
July 1742	63	(23)
June and July 1744	86	(37)
October 1745	123	(19)
November 1747	142	(7)
July 1748	149	(11)
October 1753	160	(21)
July and November 1756	181	(45)
March, April, and May 1757	226	(29)
July and August 1757	255	(35)
October 1758	290	(44)
August 1761	334	(24)
August 1762	358	(49)
GLOSSARY OF PERSONS AND GROUPS MENTIONED IN THE TREATIES	407	(18)
INDEX	425