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Taken in 1843, this rather stern depiction of John Quincy Adams is the earliest confirmed photograph of an American President. We sure have come a long way.
The United States has a numbered series of treaties with other nations, but also aseries of treaties with many different Native American tribes which are called Ratified Indian Treaties. This detail image shows signatures on two folios from RG 11, Ratified Indian Treaty 89, signed in July 1817 and ratified five months later. It bears the signatures of then President James Monroe and future Presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Adams wrote much of the text on the last page. The Great Seal is embossed on the die cut paper which covers a red wafer seal. The treaty recently received extensive conservation treatment in the Archives I laboratory.
