Colonial Era Lands Expansion Treaties

By RLMc54
  • Treaty of Albany AKA the Great Treaty of 1722

    Signed in Albany, NY by the colonies of NY, VA, and PA with the then Five Nations of the Iroquois and the Mohicans, that established the ridge line of the Blue Ridge Mountains as the boundary between Indian Lands to its west from those lands belonging to the colonies of NY, PA, and VA to the east.
  • Deed in Trust

    Signed in Albany, NY, by the crown representatives for the Province of NY, with Three of the then Five Nations of the Iroquois (Seneca, Onondaga, and Cayuga) in which the Three Nations deeded a defined area of their "beaver hunting grounds" in the Ohio River valley to the King in trust and in consideration of his protection.