- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Paper from President Monroe [directed to Reverend Samuel Worcester, 1819 ?]
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 1, folder 29, document ch042.
- Date of Original:
- 1819
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Education
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- papers (document genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- A copy of the views of President Monroe concerning the education of the Indians. It is Monroe's opinion that part of the 10,000 dollars annually appropriated by the United States Congress for the "civilization" of the Indians ought to be spent on education, school buildings, and teachers and administered in cooperation with benevolent associations, (1819 ?). This enclosure was originally part of document ch041 that appears in the Southeastern Native American Documents Database.
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:
- ch042
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch042
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch042#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch042/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:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
G.
Paper from President Monroe, referred to in document F.
In order to render the sum of $10,000 annually appropriated at the last session of congress for the civilization of the Indians, as extensively beneficial as possible, the President is of an opinion, that it ought to be applied in cooperation with the exertions of benevolent associations or individuals who may choose to devote their time or means to effect the object contemplated by Congress.
But it will be indispensable in order to apply any portion of the sum appropriated in the manner proposed, that the plan of Education in addition to reading, writing & arithmetic, should, in the i [added text: n ] struction of the Boys, extend to the practical knowledge of the mode of agriculture, & of such of the mechanic arts as are suited to the condition of the Indians; and in that of the girls, to spinning, weaving & sewing. It is also indispensable that the Establishment should be fixed within the limits of those Indian nations, which border on our settlements. Such associations, or individuals, who are already actually Engaged in Educating the Indians, & who may desire the cooperation of the government, will report to the Department of war, to be laid before the President, the location of the institutions under their superintendence, their funds, the number & kind of teachers, the number of youths of both sexes, the objects which are actually embraced in their plan of education, & the Extent of the aid which they require; and such institutions as are formed, but have not gone into actual operation, will report the extent of their funds, the places at which they intend to make their Establishments, the whole number of youths of both sexes
Page: [2]
which they intend to Educate, the number & kind of teachers to be Employed, the plan of Education adopted, & the extent of the aid required. This information will be necessary to Enable the President to determine whether the appropriation of congress ought to be applied in cooperation with the institutions which may request it, and to make a just distribution of the sum appropriated.
In proportion to the means of the government, cooperation will be Extended to such institutions as may be approved, as well in Erecting the necessary buildings as in their current expenses.