United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434Powell, J.1838-10-16This is a letter from J. Powell to John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, dated October 16, 1838. Powell informs Ross of continuing problems in making ferry crossings with detachments, as a result of interference by local settlers. The letter is directed to Ross at the Cherokee Agency in Tennessee.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.text/htmlimage/jpegch016engManuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 1, folder 21, document ch016.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Cherokee NationIndians, Treatment of[Letter] 1838 Oct. 16, Blythes Ferry [to] John Ross / J. PowellText