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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00089.01
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1832
Title	Andrew Jackson to Lewis Cass about generals' authority to negotiate with Choctaws
Date	10 February 1832
Author	Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
Recipient	Cass, Lewis
Document Type	Correspondence; Military document; Government document
Content Description	Writes to Secretary of War Cass regarding giving generals John Eaton and John Coffee the authority "to conclude with the Choctaws an agreement for such portion of the 17 million of acres conveyed to them as will suit the Chickasaws to settle on." Also discusses the need for a congressional re-appropriation of an 1830 appropriation of $500,000 for Indian removal. Warns that if not done, "our humane plan is blown up, & our hands tied." Suggests getting the money into the hands of source agents if Congress does not act. In a post script, mentions certainty that "the Chickasaws will now make the arrangement." Marked "Private."
Subjects	American Indian History Land Transaction Treaty Finance Congress President
People	Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Cass, Lewis (1782-1866) Eaton, John Henry (1790-1856) Coffee, John (1772-1833)
Place written	Washington, D.C.
Theme	The Presidency; Native Americans; Government & Politics
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide (private) Febry 10.th 1832 - My Dr Sir I have this moment rec.d the enclosed with a private note from Genl Eaton of the 26.th of January - at that date he had not rec.d The power for him & Genl Coffee, to conclude with the Choctaws an agreement for such portion of the 17 million of acres conveyed to them or will suit the Chikesaws to settle on - I wish to draw your attention to the appropriation of $500,000 in [struck: May] 1830 for the removal of the Indians - In May next if not reappropriated it must be transfered to the sinking fund - attend to this - for if Congress will not reappropriate it, for the purpose of removing the Indians, our humane plan is blown up, & our hands tied - If Congress will not act, then, before the two years expire it must be drew out of the treasury, & put into the hands of some agent for these purposes - attend to this yrs Andrew Jackson [inserted on the left hand margin: P.S. Genl Eaton says the Chikesaws will now make the arrangement, there is no doubt] [docket] From the President Febry 6th 1832

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