[Letter] 1803 Apr. 13, Knoxville, [Tennessee to] the citizens of Anderson County settled on lands reserved to the Indians / Archibald Roane, Governor of Tennessee of an image
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| Type: | Letters (correspondence) |
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| Creator: | Roane, Archibald, 1760-1819 |
| Title: | [Letter] 1803 Apr. 13, Knoxville, [Tennessee to] the citizens of Anderson County settled on lands reserved to the Indians / Archibald Roane, Governor of Tennessee of an image |
| Date: | 1803 Apr. 13 |
| Description: | This letter, dated April 13, 1803, is from Archibald Roane, Governor of Tennessee, to citizens of Anderson County who are illegally settled on Cherokee lands. Roane warns the citizens that Return J. Meigs, U.S. Agent to the Cherokees, has received orders from the President to secure the land for the Cherokees, and he urges them to remove from the land voluntarily in order to spare themselves from impending legal prosecution, forced removal or both. Document ID: grp004. Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. |
| Subjects: | Indians of North America--Government relations | Indians of North America--Land tenure | Trespass | Tennessee | Anderson County (Tenn.) | United States |
| Contributors: | Hoskins Library | University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Libraries | Southeastern Native American Documents Collection (GALILEO (Georgia statewide project)) GAGAL | Digital Library of Georgia |
| Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001 |
| Original Material: | 2 pages/leaves | Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Governor Roane Papers , box 1, folder 3, document tl004. |
| Rights and Usage: | This work is the property of the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. Cite as: [title of item], Governor Roane Papers , Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia |
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| Persistent Link to Item: | http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:grp004 |
| Related Institutions: | Digital Library of Georgia Hargrett Library Museum of the Cherokee Indian Tennessee State Library and Archives Tennessee State Museum Frank H. McClung Museum (Knoxville, Tenn.) Hoskins Library LaFayette-Walker County Library |
| Collection Information: | Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 |