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James Monroe: “I nominate John Overrun, Newton Cannon, and Robert Weakly, of Tennessee, as commissioners to negotiate with the…”

On the recordFebruary 1, 1819
I nominate John Overrun, Newton Cannon, and Robert Weakly, of Tennessee, as commissioners to negotiate with the Chickasaw tribe of Indians for the cession of a tract of land 4 miles square, including a salt spring, reserved to the said tribe by the fourth article of a treaty concluded with the said Indians on the 19th day of October, 1818.
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James Monroe
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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