Letter, 1818 July 15, Washington to John C. Calhoun, Sec[retar]y of War / Jeremiah Evarts [and] Elias Cornelius Evarts, Jeremiah, 1781-1831 Cornelius, Elias, 1794-1832 Indian agents Cherokee Indians--Missions Copy of a letter dated July 15, 1818 from Jeremiah Evarts and Elias Cornelius, agents for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, to John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War describing the fundamental goals of their society and requesting aid for several of their Cherokee mission projects. Document ID: ch038. Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia Tennessee State Library and Archives University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Libraries 2000 Letters (correspondence) Text http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:ch038 4 pages/leaves text/html image/jpeg image/x-djvu Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 1, folder 29, document ch038. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1818-07-15 Southern States This work is the property of the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, 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], State Library Cherokee Collection, The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia