United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434Worcester, Samuel, 1770-18211817-03-02Copied extract of a letter wherein Reverend Samuel Worcester, Corresponding Secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and missionary to the Cherokees, writes to John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, to inform him, with regard to Indian civilization and culture, that views and dispositions of the President are in full accordance with those of the Board. The Board in which Samuel Worcester is associated deals mainly with Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Creeks, March 2, 1817.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/jpegch040engMode 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/Manuscript held by the Tennessee State Library, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 1, folder 29, document ch040.MissionsCreek IndiansChickasaw IndiansChoctaw IndiansCherokee Indians--Social conditionsExtracts from a letter, 1817 Mar. 2, Washington City to John C. Calhoun, Sec[retar]y of War / Rev[erend] Samuel WorcesterText