Alexander McGillivray

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Alexander McGillivray was an influential 18th-century Creek (Muscogee) leader and diplomat who played a key role in negotiating between Native American nations, the United States, Spain, and Britain in the post-Revolutionary era.

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Alexander McGillivray canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Creek leader
Native American leader
diplomat
person
activeInPeriod 18th century
alliedWith Creek Confederacy
Great Britain
Spain
birthDate circa 1750
birthPlace Little Tallassee, Upper Creek Nation
present-day Alabama
burialPlace Pensacola, Spanish West Florida
linked to: Pensacola, Florida
citizenship Creek Nation
deathDate 1793-02-17
deathPlace Pensacola, Spanish West Florida
linked to: Pensacola, Florida
ethnicity Muscogee (Creek)
linked to: Muscogee people

Scottish-American
father Lachlan McGillivray
linked to: William McGillivray
fatherEthnicity Scottish
maintainedResidence Little Tallassee
Pensacola
linked to: Pensacola, Florida
mother Sehoy Marchand
motherEthnicity Creek
name Alexander McGillivray
negotiatedWith British officials
Spanish colonial authorities
United States government
notableFor diplomacy between Creek Nation and Great Britain
diplomacy between Creek Nation and Spain
diplomacy between Creek Nation and the United States
leadership of the Muscogee (Creek) during the post-American Revolutionary era
occupation interpreter
merchant
military leader
opposed U.S. expansion into Creek lands
positionHeld leader of the Creek Confederacy
principal chief of the Upper Creek
regionOfInfluence Southeastern United States
religion nominally Christian
signed Treaty of New York (1790)
signedAs representative of the Creek Nation
spokeLanguage English
French
Muscogee
linked to: Muscogee people
supported British during the American Revolutionary War
tribalAffiliation Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy
Upper Creek

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Creek (Muscogee) notableLeader Alexander McGillivray
Alexander McGillivray name Alexander McGillivray
Treaty of New York (1790) negotiatedBy Alexander McGillivray
Treaty of New York (1790) signedBy Alexander McGillivray
Creek hasNotableLeader Alexander McGillivray
Creek–American relations hasKeyFigure Alexander McGillivray