- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- A bill : appropriating a certain sum of money to defray the expense of holding a treaty with the Indians claiming lands in the State to Tennessee, 1798 Jan. 26
- Creator:
- United States. Congress. House
- Date of Original:
- 1798-01-26
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Claims
Indians of North America--Government relations
Indians of North America--Treaties
United States. Congress. House--Appropriations - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a bill enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America on January 26, 1798. In the bill, Congress allocates no more than 25,880.00 to be used to pay all costs of any treaty or treaties held with the Indians who claim land in the state of Tennessee. The bill also states that the 25,880.00 will be paid out of money in the Treasury of the United States that is not appropriated elsewhere.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- tm001
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tm001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tm001#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tm001/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Tennessee State Museum, The Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN, Tennessee State Museum, box N/A, folder N/A, document tm001a.
- Holding Institution:
- Tennessee State Museum
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
26th January, 1798
Read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the whole House, immediately.
A Bill
Appropriating a certain sum of money to defray the expense of holding a treaty with the Indians claiming lands in the state of Tennessee.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand, eight hundred and eighty dollars, be appropriated to defray the expense of any treaty or treaties which the President of the United States may deem expedient to hold with the Indians claiming land in the state of Tennessee.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum aforesaid shall be paid out of any monies in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.