United States, Georgia, Murray County, 34.78845, -84.748091831-06-20Statement by Elizur Butler, Christian missionary living in the Cherokee Nation, extracted from a letter dated June 20, 1831. Butler describes a meeting that took place between himself and Colonel Sanford at Camp Gilmer. Colonel Sanford voices his disapproval of missionaries and threatens to imprison Butler again or forcibly remove him and his family if he does not move. Butler states that Samuel Worcester, another missionary to the Cherokee, and himself are intent on staying in the Nation until they are removed by force.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/jpegch049engManuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection), box 1, folder 29, document ch049.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/MissionariesDr. [Elizur] Butler's statement respecting his interview with Col[onel] Sanford, 1831 June 20, Camp Gilmer, [Murray County, Georgia]Text