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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1781
The committee, ∥consisting of Mr. Hanson, Mr. Varnum, Mr. Clymer, ∥ to whom was referred a letter of September 1, from Major General Greene, with the copy of his letter to Colonel Campbell, and his commission to sundry persons to negotiate a treaty of peace with the Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians delivered in a report; Whereupon,
Resolved, That the appointment of commissioners by Major General Greene to negotiate a treaty of peace with the Cherokee
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and Chickasaw Indians, and by that means to put a stop to the ravages of those nations, was a necessary and prudent measure, and that Congress approve of the same.
As to the other matters mentioned in General Greene's letter, your Committee request further time to report thereon.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of John Hanson, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress, No. 19, II, folio 479.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock to Morrow.
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