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Titles
Ratified Indian Treaty 248: Cherokee - Washington, DC, August 6, 1846
Other Titles
RIT #248
RIT 248
Ratified Indian Treaty #248
National Archives Identifier
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/175682658
Level of description
File Unit
Creation date
Aug. 6, 1846
Contains
Printed Copy of the Treaty Between the United States and the Cherokee Indians, Concluded August 6, 1846, and Ratified August 17, 1846 (Copy 2 of 3)
Printed Copy of the Treaty Between the United States and the Cherokee Indians, Concluded August 6, 1846, and Ratified August 17, 1846 (Copy 3 of 3)
Treaty Between the United States and the Cherokee Indians Signed at Washington, DC
Printed Copy of the Treaty Between the United States and the Cherokee Indians, Concluded August 6, 1846, and Ratified August 17, 1846 (Copy 1 of 3)
Assent of the Cherokee Indians to the Amendments Made by the Senate in Its Advice and Consent to Treaty Ratification Dated August 8, 1846
Senate's Advice and Consent to Treaty Ratification with Amendments
Instrument of Ratification Signed by President James K. Polk and Secretary of State James Buchanan
Cover Sheet: "Original & Printed Copy. 1846. Treaty with the Cherokee Nation of Indians. Concluded 6th August 1846. Ratified 17th August 1846."
Named Native nations
Cherokee
Present-day Nations
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, North Carolina
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
Cessions with shared date(s)
Signatory
United States of America