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Theodore Roosevelt Document Signed as President, Approving an Act of the Cherokee Nation

President Roosevelt approves an appropriation for a Cherokee Nation "Insane Asylum"

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President Roosevelt approves an appropriation for a Cherokee Nation "Insane Asylum"

Partly-printed DS as president, signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 8.5 x 14, December 7, 1903. President Roosevelt certifies an act passed by the Cherokee Nation, in part: "I, W. C. Rogers, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, do hereby certify that the foregoing is an act of the National Council of said Nation passed at its Regular session, 1903, and I do hereby submit the same for the approval of the President of the United States under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved Marc 3, 1901…entitled 'An Act Making Appropriations for the Current and Contingent Expenses of the Indian Department and for Fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with Various Indian Tribes for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1902." Signed at the conclusion by Chief W. C. Rogers, Executive Secretary Wilson O. Bruton, and President Theodore Roosevelt. Includes its original paper folder, docketed: "Insane Asylum Appropriation." In fine condition, with some creasing and chipping to the bottom.

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