- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter], 1834 Apr. 3, Aquohee Dist[rict], Cherokee Nation to the gentlemen of the [Cherokee ?] Delegation / Sam[ue]l Dick
- Creator:
- Dick, Samuel
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 4, folder 7, document ch086.
- Date of Original:
- 1834-04-03
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Land tenure
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- claims
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Letter dated April 3, 1834 from Samuel Dick to the (Cherokee ?) Delegation asking them to assist him with a property dispute. Dick claims that he was turned off the land to which he has the rightful title by David Ross and Thomas Berry. He has submitted his case to the Enrolling Agent, Major Benjamin F. Currey and also to Colonel Montgomery, but has received no satisfaction.
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:
- ch086
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch086
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch086#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch086/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:
- 1 page/leaf
- Holding Institution:
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Aquohee Dist. [District] Cherokee Nation
April 3rd. 1834
To the Gentlemen of The Delegation Messrs. [Messieurs] Ross. Taylor McCoy, Timson & Hair Conard
Gentlemen.
I beg leave respectfully to represent to you The injustice and abuse I have suffered of late through operation and under the authority or pretended authority of the Enroling [Enrolling] Agent Major Curry together with the pretence of the operation of the laws of Georgia. I have made application for redress to Major Curry but could get no attention nor satisfaction whatever. I [deleted text: hope you will take [illegible text] ] have also applied to Col. Montgomery but he says he has nothing to do in the matter and refferred [referred] all such business to the Enrolling Agent. I hope you will represent my case to the proper department of Government as I am now turned out of house & field old Lame & helpless having no place to live at.
The following is a statement of the case. My field which I have occupied about fourteen years without dispute or molestation is situated on the Unicoy Road about a mile within the Georgia Charter line.
The field was enrolled by David Ross under pretence that he had purchased it from Thos. [Thomas] Berry a white man having no right in the nation and that Berry had bot. [bought] it of my son Thompson. But Thompson denys [denies] even making any such sale to Berry. And if he had done so that ought not to alienate the field from me as he has no title whatever to it. I will forward with this some certificates which I hope will be attended to by the Government.
I am your obt. Sert. [obedient Servant]
[Signed] Saml Dick his X mark
Test
[Signed] J.D. Wofford
Page: [2]
No.7
Saml Dick to the Delegation.