- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1837 Mar. 14, Headquarters, New Echota, [Georgia] to the commissioners / Brig[adier] Gen[era]l John E. Wool
- Creator:
- Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 3, folder 9, document ch080.
- Date of Original:
- 1837-03-14
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Land tenure
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter from Brigadier General John E. Wool, at army headquarters in New Echota, Georgia (capital of the Cherokee Nation) to treaty commissioners also at New Echota, dated March 14, 1837. Wool writes concerning a communication from Cherokee leader John Ridge that relates to land claimed by Elias Boudinot. Wool requests that the commissioners consider the matter and respond as soon as possible.
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:
- ch080
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch080
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch080#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch080/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]
Head Quarters New Echota
14 March 1837
To
the Commissioners
Gentlemen,
I herewith enclose to you a communication from Mr. John Ridge in relation to some land claimed by Mr. Boudinot, and asks protection. As the public buildings & improvements in New Echota have been reserved for "the public and free use of the United States and the Cherokee Indians for the purpose of Settling and closing all the Indian business arising under the treaty between the Commissioners and the Indians" I would be gratified with your views on the subject to which your attention is respectfully called & I will call on you for that purpose in course of an hour or less
I have the honor to be very respectfully your obdt set. [obedient servant]
[Signed] John E. Wool
Brig Genl Commd. [Brigadier General Commanding]
Page: [2]
Genl [General] Wool & John Ridge on the subject of lands claimed
By Buchanan
requires no official notice
To The Commissioners New Echota