[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 Roane, Archibald, 1760-1819 Indians of North America--Government relations Indians of North America--Land tenure Trespass 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. Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia Hoskins Library University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Libraries Southeastern Native American Documents Collection (GALILEO (Georgia statewide project)) GAGAL Digital Library of Georgia 2001 Letters (correspondence) http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:grp004 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. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1803-04-13 Tennessee Anderson County (Tenn.) United States 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