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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04700-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 26 August 1790
- Author/Creator
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Jefferson, Secretary of State, writes Knox to hastily give his thoughts on the "treaty of Hopewell, the act of cession of N. Carolina and the act of acceptance by Congress." States that Congress's act of acceptance followed the Treaty of Hopewell, and that North Carolina can not use their right of preemption to take away the right of occupation of the Cherokees. The "question would be a disagreeable one between the general government, a particular government, and individuals." Jefferson thinks purchasing from the Cherokees the right of occupation is one solution. Docketed by Knox.
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