Minutes Of Conferences, Held With The Indians, At Easton

First published in 1758, Robert Hunter Morris’s Minutes of Conferences, Held with the Indians, at Easton preserves a detailed and invaluable record of colonial diplomacy, Native negotiation, and the shifting alliances that defined mid-18th-century America.

Documenting the official meetings between the colonial representatives of Pennsylvania and the leaders of the Delaware, Shawnee, and other allied nations, this volume captures the speeches, treaties, and ceremonial exchanges that sought to restore peace after years of warfare and mistrust. Governor Morris’s careful transcription offers a rare firsthand view of the language of diplomacy and persuasion, where every phrase carried the weight of land, honor, and survival.

Part historical record, part political testament, Minutes of Conferences, Held with the Indians, at Easton stands as one of the most important documents of colonial–Indigenous relations, illuminating both the possibilities of dialogue and the limits of understanding between two worlds struggling to coexist.

Complete and unabridged edition of the 1758 Easton conferences

Authentic record of negotiations between Pennsylvania officials and Native American leaders

A vital primary source for the study of frontier diplomacy, colonial politics, and Native alliances

Essential reading for scholars of the French and Indian War, early American governance, and Indigenous history