Additional Annuiity for the Cherokees

Item

Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Title

Additional Annuiity for the Cherokees

Description

Lear, Washington's secretary, informs Knox that the Senate has approved a resolution providing an additional five hundred dollars to the one-thousand-dollar annuity previously granted to the Cherokees.

year created

1792

month created

01

day created

20

author

recipient

in collection

content note

Territorial Papers, Vol. 4

notable person/group

Henry Knox
Tobias Lear
the President [Washington]
Secretary of War
Cherokee Nation of Indians
interpreter

notable item/thing

the President's command
resolution of the Senate
additional sum of five hundred dollars
annual payment of one thousand
treaty made with them

notable phrase

By the President's command T. Lear has the honor to transmit to the Secretary of War a Resolution of the Senate granting the additional sum of five hundred dollars to the annual payment of one thousand to be made to the Cherokee Nation of Indians by the treaty made with them--

document number

1792012040000

Document instances

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Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Tobias Lear [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Henry Knox [unknown] [n/a]