Letter, 1818 June 27, Camp Ustonally [i.e., Oostanaula ?] to William Rabun, Governor of Georgia, Milledgeville, [Georgia] / Joseph McMinn McMinn, Joseph, 1758-1824 Cherokee Indians--Government relations Cherokee Indians--Treaties Cherokee Indians--Land tenure Boundaries Vann, Joseph Joseph McMinn, Governor of Tennessee (1815-1821) writes to Georgia Governor William Rabun (1817-1819) on June 27, 1818 to inform him that the states' commissioners have extended the boundary line according to the territory ceded by the last treaty (probably the Treaty of Cherokee Agency, July 8, 1817) as far as necessary. McMinn informs Rabun that Joseph Vann has complained to him that settlers are encroaching on his estate, and McMinn points out that Vann has a right to remain there unmolested until he is compensated, in accordance with the treaty, for at least the improvements he has made. Since Vann's property lies within the Georgia boundary, McMinn urges Rabun to settle this matter, and he tells Rabun that there are other Cherokees in a situation like Vann's who should be protected against intruders until the government fulfills its pecuniary obligations to them. Document ID: tcc774. 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 Letters (correspondence) Text http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:tcc774 4 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 06, folder 08, document 03. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1818-06-27 Georgia Tennessee 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