From John Adams to United States Senate, 15 January 1799
Jan 15th 1799.
Gentlemen of the Senate
I transmit to you the treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Indians signed near Tellico on the second day of October 1798 for your consideration. I have directed the Secretary at War to lay before you the journal of the commissioners and a copy of their instructions.
John Adams
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.