 The United States' representatives were Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth, Commissioner representing the US Government, Thomas Morris representing his father, Robert Morris, General William Shepard representing Massachusetts, Theophilus Cazenove and Paolo Busti, representatives for the Holland Land Company, Captain Israel Chapin, representing the Department of Indian Affairs, Joseph Ellicott, Land surveyor, and James Rees as acting secretary.The treaty was signed on September 16, 1797 after nearly a month of sometimes heated, back and forth negotiations.It opened up the territory west of the Genesee River and established ten Reservations for the Seneca in Western New York.