United States, 39.76, -98.5Kingsbury, Cyrus, 1786-18701816-05-04Copy of a letter dated May 4, 1816 from Reverend Cyrus Kingsbury, American Board missionary, to Secretary of War William H. Crawford applying for government assistance in establishing schools for the Indians. Kingsbury explains the society's reasons for wanting to create the schools and asks that the government provide supplies and equipment for them.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/jpegch036engManuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 1, folder 29, document ch036.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/Indians of North America--Social conditionsMissionsIndians of North America--Education[Letter], 1816 May 4, Washington to W[illia]m H. Crawford, Secretary of War / Rev[erend] Cyrus KingsburyText