1824, April 12th

The following data is extracted from Proposals Made by certain Cherokee Indians, for the Cession of their Lands to the United States.

WAR DEPARTMENT

April 12th, 1824

Sir: I have the honor to furnish, herewith, copies (marked A) of all the correspondence called for by the resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 8th instant, in relation to proposals made by several Creek Path Indians of the Cherokee Nation, to make cession of their lands to the United States: also, a copy of a letter from this Department (marked B) to Colonel Meigs, on the subject of that proposition.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully,

.Your obedient servant,

I. C. CALHOUN

TO THE PRESIDENT of the United States.

Source: Proposals Made by certain Cherokee Indians, for the Cession of their Lands to the United States

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