- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1818 Oct. 1, Cherokee Agency [to] Daniel Graham, Secretary of State, Murfreesborough [i.e. Murfreesboro, Tennessee] / Jos[eph] McMinn
- Creator:
- McMinn, Joseph, 1758-1824
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Governor McMinn Letters , box 10, folder 53, document tl007.
- Date of Original:
- 1818-10-01
- Subject:
- Indian agents
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Cherokee Indians--Relocation - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- official reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This letter is from Joseph McMinn, Governor of Tennessee (1815-1821) to Daniel Graham, Secretary of State, dated October 1, 1818. McMinn reports that he has been enrolling emigrants (ostensibly Cherokees) at a rapid pace and helping with preparations for their departure.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- gml007
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_gml007
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_gml007#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_gml007/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Governor McMinn Letters , Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
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cherokee agency
1st october
Dear Daniel
I have been very much Pressed with business for some days past, in fitting out a party for the west, and in purchasing & Repairing Boats, So much so that I had forgotten the day on which the mail goes to the west, but have fortunatily [fortunately] obtained the favor of a gentleman to bear this scrawl to the P. [Post] office -- your favor in last mail has been duly red [received], an answer to which will form a part of my next -- I have nothing worthy of communicating since the date of my last, Prospects are a little Fluctuating some times Bad & other times worse, Tho amidst all difficulties I am enrolling Emigrants pretty fast, and great exertions are making for their departure, I mean amongst them selves [themselves], which necessarily will involve [added text: me in ] much business, tho under Devine Smiles I hope to
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to be competent -- I will leave here on Sunday or monday next God willing for Knoxville with a view to return to this place on the
18th inst [instant]
Pray make my respects to mrs and mr childress & family as heretofore to our friend, who ask for me, Presuming that mr childress has not arrived, and add to that the Scarcity of time will I hope form an apology for not writing by this mail as I had intended to have done --
your Friend
[Signed] Jos. [Joseph] McMinn
Honl [Honorable] D. [Daniel] Graham
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Washington T [Tennessee]
2nd October
12 1/2
Honorable Daniel Graham Secretary of State Murfreesborough
Gov McMinn
1 Oct 1818
[unclear text: from ] Indian [unclear text: Agency ]