On the record
Quotes from the President, Vice President, Press Secretary, and other White House officials.
Current white house voices
Former white house voices
I do appoint them the said Thomas Johnson, Daniel Carroll and David Stuart, Commissioners for surveying the District of Territory accepted by the said Act for the permanent Seat of the Government of the United States.
I lay before you a representation of the charge' d'affaires of France.
I recommend the same to your consideration, that I may be enabled to give to it such answer as may best comport with the justice and the interests of the United States.
the United States formed a treaty with the Cherokees in November, 1785
I shall conceive myself bound to exert the powers intrusted to me by the Constitution in order to carry into faithful execution the treaty of Hopewell
the treaty with the Creeks may be regarded as the main foundation of the future peace and prosperity of the Southwestern frontier of the United States
the white people settled on the frontiers had openly violated the said boundary by intruding on the Indian lands
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 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.
But although the most valuable of the disputed land is included, yet there is a certain claim of Georgia...
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 States any quantity of goods, wares, and merchandise not exceeding in value in any one year $60,000.
The trade of the Indians is a main mean of their political management.
It therefore appears to be important to form a secret article of a treaty similar to the one which accompanies this message.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:
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.
