the United States formed a treaty with the Cherokees in November, 1785

But although the most valuable of the disputed land is included, yet there is a certain claim of Georgia...

It is to be expected that it will also in its consequences be the means of firmly attaching the Creeks and the neighboring tribes to the interests of the United States.

It contains a regular, full, and definitive relinquishment on the part of the Creek Nation of the Oconee land.

I have directed the commissioner to whom the charge of adjusting this treaty has been committed to lay before you such papers and documents...

It therefore appears to be important to form a secret article of a treaty similar to the one which accompanies this message.

Will such an article be proper?

The trade of the Indians is a main mean of their political management.

It is therefore agreed between the said parties that in the event of any such obstructions happening it shall be lawful for such persons as---- ----shall designate to introduce into and transport through the territories of the United…

The ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America by the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was received by me last night.

Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:

I therefore nominate M, de Poiery to be a captain by brevet.

Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.

I cannot conceive a rank more honorable than that which flows from the uncorrupted choice of a brave and free people—the purest source and original fountain of all power.

To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered... deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.