1. About the conference with the Cherokees at Philadelphia, see GW to Cherokee Chiefs and Warriors, 14 June, and notes. For the treaty articles of 26 June, see Kappler, Indian Treaties description begins Charles J. Kappler, ed. Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. 5 vols. Washington, D.C., 1903–41. description ends , 2:33–34. Knox’s draft for a message to the Senate has not been identified, but GW’s message to the Senate of 30 Dec. reads: “I lay before you, for your consideration, certain additional Articles to the Treaty with the Cherokees, stipulated the 28th of June last; together with the conferences which occasioned the formation of the said articles” (LS, DNA: RG 46, entry 40; copy, DLC:GW). The proceedings (which were reported as “Not on file” when that message was printed in ASP description begins Walter Lowrie et al., eds. American State Papers. Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States. 38 vols. Washington, D.C., Gales and Seaton, 1832–61. description ends , Indian Affairs, 1:543) have not been identified.

2. About the visit to Philadelphia of a delegation of Chickasaw Indians, see Knox to GW, 11 July, and enclosure, and Knox to GW, 21 July (first letter).