Letter, 1831 Nov. 23, Milledgeville, [Georgia to] Gen[eral] John Coffee, Telfair County, Georgia / Wilson Lumpkin, Gov[erno]r [of Georgia] Georgia. Governor (1831-1835 : Lumpkin) Cherokee Indians--Government relations Georgia. Guard This is a copy of a letter dated November 23, 1831 from Wilson Lumpkin (Governor of Georgia, 1831-1835) to General John Coffee asking him to take charge of the guard currently in place in the Cherokee territory. The guard or force referred to is probably the Georgia Guard, a state militia unit specially formed to patrol the Cherokee country. Document ID: tcc529. Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia 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 Hargrett Library 2001 Orders (military records) Text http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:tcc529 2 pages/leaves text/html image/jpeg image/x-djvu Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 49A, folder 01, document 04. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1831-11-23 This work is the property of the University of Georgia Libraries. 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], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia