[Letter] 1816 May 27, Department of War, [Washington, D.C. to] Col[onel] Return J. Meigs, Cherokee Agency / William H. Crawford
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| Type: | Letters (correspondence) | Text |
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| Creator: | Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834 |
| Title: | [Letter] 1816 May 27, Department of War, [Washington, D.C. to] Col[onel] Return J. Meigs, Cherokee Agency / William H. Crawford |
| Date: | 1816 May 27 |
| Description: | This letter, dated May 27, 1816 was written to Col. Return J. Meigs, U.S. Agent to the Cherokees, from William H. Crawford, concerning the government's purchase of Cherokee lands for a sum of twenty thousand dollars. Compensation to be given to the Cherokees in return for the land is also outlined. Document ID: pa0219. 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: | Cherokee Indians--Land tenure | Southern States |
| Contributors: | Hoskins Library | University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Libraries |
| Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001 |
| Original Material: | Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 84, document pa0219. |
| 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], MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, 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:pa0219 |
| 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 |