Project Title
A Purer Silver: Reasons for Iroquois Trade Preferences in the Mohawk Valley from 1740-1780
Start Date
21-4-2021 1:50 PM
End Date
21-4-2021 2:10 PM
Abstract
This presentation will invite viewers to the world of trade in North America between 1740 and 1780. In this period of both cooperation and tense competition, I will be examining how developments shaped the preferences of Iroquois traders in the Mohawk Valley of modern New York. Placed at the nexus of Iroquois, British, French, intertribal and intercolonial relations, this study will contribute to our understanding of commercial relations in 18th-century North America. I will focus on highlighting the agency of Iroquois traders navigating a rapidly changing economic landscape.
Recommended Citation
Davis, Spencer Stone, "A Purer Silver: Reasons for Iroquois Trade Preferences in the Mohawk Valley from 1740-1780" (2021). Michael D. Wilson Symposium. 7.
https://scholarworks.umf.maine.edu/mdwsymposium/2021/program/7
Keywords:
Iroquois studies, British studies, Indigenous studies, French studies, Canadian history, United States history, business history, political history, legal history
A Purer Silver: Reasons for Iroquois Trade Preferences in the Mohawk Valley from 1740-1780
This presentation will invite viewers to the world of trade in North America between 1740 and 1780. In this period of both cooperation and tense competition, I will be examining how developments shaped the preferences of Iroquois traders in the Mohawk Valley of modern New York. Placed at the nexus of Iroquois, British, French, intertribal and intercolonial relations, this study will contribute to our understanding of commercial relations in 18th-century North America. I will focus on highlighting the agency of Iroquois traders navigating a rapidly changing economic landscape.
