From James Madison to Congress, 22 February 1815

To Congress

February 22d 1815

I lay before Congress copies of two ratified Treaties which were entered into on the part of the United States, one on the 22d day of July 1814 with the several Tribes of Indians called the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanees, senakas and Miamis; the other on the 9th day of August 1814 with the Creek Nation of Indians.1

It is referred to the Consideration of Congress how far Legislative provisions may be necessary for carrying any part of these stipulations into effect.

James Madison

RC, two copies, and enclosures, two copies (DNA: RG 233, President’s Messages, 13A–E1; and DNA: RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, President’s Messages, 13A–E2). Each RC in Edward Coles’s hand, with interlined word “ratified” and signature in JM’s hand. For enclosures, see n. 1.

1. For the contents of the enclosed copies of the treaties with the Wyandots and others (4 pp.) and the Creeks (4 pp.), see JM to the Senate, 18 Nov. 1814, PJM-PS description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (9 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–). description ends 8:390 and nn.

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Title: From James Madison to Congress, 22 February 1815
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Congress
Date: 22 February 1815

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Cite as: “From James Madison to Congress, 22 February 1815,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-09-02-0016. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 9, 19 February 1815–12 October 1815, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, p. 19.]

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