A LICENSE For Alexander Campbell to carry on trade and commerce with the Cherokee —— nation of Indians for twelve Months —— To all whom it may concern. Know ye, That Alexander Campbell of the County of [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] Cherokee nation —— is hereby legally licensed and authorised by the Subscriber, in consequence of the special order of the President of the United States, to carry on trade and commerce with the said Cherokee —— nation of Indians for the term of twelve months from the date hereof : and that the said Alexander Campbell has given the Bond prescribed by law for the true and faithful ob- servance of such rules and regulations as now are or here- after shall be made for the government of trade and in- tercourse with the Indian nations. GIVEN under my hand and seal, at this Tellico Sixteenth —— day of May —— one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven, and twenty first Year of the independence of America —— [signature: Silas Dinsmore] [signature below] It is the order of the Secretary of War that no spirituous liquors be carried into the Indian nation —— [undecipherable] Sec^y of War It appears from the best information that the within mentioned Alexander Campbell has during the term of his license, strictly conformed to the rules of the laws for the regulation of trade & with the Cherokees —— 17^th July 1797 —— Silas Dinsmore Agent to the Cherokees [docket, written sideways: License for / W^m Alexander Campbell / May 1797]