Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to United States Senate, 24 January 1806

Jan. 24. 1806.

To the Senate of the United States

A Convention has been entered into between the United States and the Cherokee nation for the extinguishment of the rights of the latter & of some unsettled claims in the country North of the river Tennessee therein described. this Convention is now laid before the Senate for their advice & consent as to it’s ratification.

Th: Jefferson

DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.

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