From James Madison to the Senate, 22 December 1809 (Abstract)
§ To the Senate
22 December 1809. Submits for ratification a treaty and separate article concluded on 30 Sept. with the Delaware, Potawatomi, Miami, and Eel River Indians, a convention concluded on 26 Oct. with the Wea tribe, and explanatory documents.
RC and enclosures (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, 11B-C1). RC 1 p. In a clerk’s hand, signed by JM. Printed enclosure (8 pp.) is A Treaty between the United States of America, and the Tribes of Indians Called the Delawares, Putawatimies, Miamies, and Eel River Miamies. December 22d, 1809 (Washington, 1809; 19077). Also filed with the RC is a letter from the War Department to William Henry Harrison, 15 July 1809 (2 pp.). Received, read, and tabled on 22 Dec. The Senate unanimously ratified the treaty, separate article, and convention on 2 Jan. 1810 ( , 2:132–33, 135). Printed in , Indian Affairs, 1:760–62.