Enclosed Instructions for Pursuing Treaty with Cherokee Indians
War Department Papers
All misspellings in original
Description Comformably to orders of President Adams, McHenry lays before the Senate, (addressed to Vice President Thomas Jefferson), detailed instructions on how to pursue treaty negotiations; copy of instructions to George Walton and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Butler, Commissioners; Talk of President Adams to Chiefs and Warriors of Cherokee Nation; journal of proceedings of commissioners appointed to hold treaty with Cherokee Indians.Main goal is to negotiate sales of land.