United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027Tennessee. Governor (1796-1801 : Sevier)1797-02-14This is a letter written by Tennessee Governor John Sevier (1796-1801, 1803-1809) to William Blount, U.S. Senator from Tennessee (and former Governor, 1790-1796), dated February 14, 1797. Sevier tells Blount that the Cherokees have killed two people and wounded one in retaliation for the murders of two Cherokees committed by Ned Mitchell and John Levistone. He also mentions rumors concerning the possibility of a war with the French and direct taxation. The enclosure mentioned is no longer attached.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.text/htmlimage/jpeggs033engManuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Governor Sevier, box 1, folder 3, document tl033.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/Cherokee Indians--Violence againstCherokee Indians--Claims againstCherokee Indians--Government relationsTennessee--Politics and government--to 1865[Letter] 1797 Feb. 14, Knoxville, [Tennessee to] W[illia]m Blount, Philadelphia / J[ohn] Sevier of an imageText