Circular 211 Office of Secretary of Congress April 22d 1786 Sir

In obedience to the order of Congress I have the honor to transmit to Your Excellency herewith enclosed copies of the treaties, which the United States in Congress assembled have by their commissioners entered into with the Shaw[anese], Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indian nations.__

Considering how much the security comfort and happiness of the frontier settlements depend on being at peace with the neighbouring Indians, and how important it is to the whole confederacy that the Savages on our borders be impressed with a sacred regard for treaties, and with a firm, unshaken confidence in our Justice, honor and national faith solemnly pledged, I have no doubt but Your Excellency will exert the means in your power to enforce a due observance of the several articles of these treaties so far as they concern Your State or relate to the conduct of its citizens_____

I have the honor to be with the greatest respect Your Excellency’s Most obedient & Most humble servant Chas Thomson

His Excellency The President of New Hampshire