Monroe, James; Smith, Daniel; Meigs, R. J. The Articles of a Treaty with the Cherokee Indians : Message of the President of the United States, 18th Congress, 2d Session. Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1824. First Edition. [11790]
Removed, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 17 pp., foxing. Newly sewn. Good. Pamphlet.
Complete title: 18th Congress, 2d Session. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting A Copy of Instructions under which The Articles of a Treaty with the Cherokee Indians were formed, By Daniel Smith and R. J. Meigs, Acting Commissioners of the United States, at Tellico, on the 24th October, 1804; with Copies of all other Correspondence, Or other Documents relating to that Instrument. December 27, 1824. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Includes extracts of letters and other material from J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War; Cherokee Delegates; Thomas Jefferson; General Dearborn; Thomas L. M'Kenney; Daniel Smith; &c.
The Cherokee delegation appeals to President Monroe to honor a treaty regarding Wafford's settlement in the State of Georgia. This report contains the discussions in writing regarding the treaty, but not the treaty itself, for the reason that the United States said that no such treaty existed.
