- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1826 Nov. 15, Valley Towns, [North Carolina to] James Barbour, Sec[retar]y of War / Evan Jones
- Creator:
- Jones, Evan, 1788-1873
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville,TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 1, folder 10, document ch003.
- Date of Original:
- 1826-11-15
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Economic conditions--19th century
Baptists--Missions - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter from Evan Jones, a Baptist missionary at the Valley Towns (North Carolina) of the Cherokee Nation, to James Barbour, Secretary of War (1825-1828), dated November 15, 1826. Jones communicates information to Barbour relative to the progress of various industries in the Cherokee Nation, most notably the establishment of several mills. The improvements have been made under the direction of the Board of managers of the Baptist General Convention and also include a well attended school. Jones also remarks on the general "progress" of the Cherokees with respect to Christianity and the "civilized arts."
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. - Local Identifier:
- ch003
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch003
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch003#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch003/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], State Library Cherokee Collection, The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville,TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Rights:
-
