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Sale 49
Lot 460
[Washington, George] Broadside From 2nd Congress Re Indian Tribes. Immaculate printed broadside from the Second Congress of the United States regarding an "Act to regulate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes," signed in print by George Washington, 3pp (recto/verso/recto on conjoined pages), 12½ x 7½ in., 5 November 1792. In part: "… no person shall be permitted to carry on trade or intercourse with the Indian tribes… as the President of the United States shall authorize to grant licenses for that purpose… And be it further enacted that every person, who shall attempt to trade with the Indian tribes, or shall be found in the Indian country, with such merchandize in his possession, as are usually vended to the Indians, without lawful license, shall forfeit all the merchandize, offered for sale to the Indians, or found in his possession, in the Indian Country, and shall moreover, be liable to a fine exceeding one hundred dollars, and to imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, at the discretion of the court, in which the trial shall be…"
The act does show protection for the Indians as well. "And be it further enacted, that if any citizen or inhabitant of the United States, or of either of the territorial districts of the United States, shall go to own, settlement, or territory belonging to any nation or tribe of the Indians, and shall there commit murder, robbery, larceny, trespass or crime, against the person or property of any friendly Indian or Indians, which if committed within the jurisdiction of any state, or within the jurisdiction of either of the said districts, such offender shall be subject to the same punishment, as if the offense had been committed within the state or district, to which he or she may belong, against a citizen thereof." The Act also throws out the offer of aid, "And be it further enacted, that in order to promote civilization among the friendly Indian tribes, and to secure the continuance of their friendship, it shall and may be lawful for the President of the United States, to cause them to be furnished with useful domestic animals, and implements of husbandry, and also to furnish them with goods or money, in such proportions as he shall judge proper." Signed in print by Jonathan Trumbull, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and John Adams, Vice President of the U.S. and President of the Senate, as well as by President George Washington, who approved it 1 March 1793. Small edge splits at horizontal fold, else fine.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000.
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