The committee consisting of Mr. Pinckney, Mr. Monroe, and Mr. King, appointed to form an ordinance for the compleat arrangement and government of the Indian Department, submit the following to the consideration of Congress : An ordinance for regulating the Indian Department.
Summary
A draft of An ordinance for the regulation of Indian affairs; reported in Congress June 28, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 30, p. 368-372.
Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 964 (#541), an attribution later rejected. Cf. v. 33, p. 753.
Evans 20060
Journals of the Continental Congress, 541
LC copy annotated with amendments discussed in Congress between June and August 1786, many of which were not incorporated into the final draft.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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Date
01/01/1786
Contributors
United States. Continental Congress.
United States.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Location
government relations
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain