United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027Tennessee. Governor (1796-1801 : Sevier)1798-07-04This is a letter from Tennessee Governor John Sevier (1796-1801,1803-1809) to state agents James Robertson, James Stuart and Lachlan McIntosh, dated July 4, 1798. Sevier appoints the three men to represent the interests of the State of Tennessee during treaty negotiations between the United States and the Cherokee Nation. He gives the state commissioners detailed instructions concerning their duties at the talks.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/jpeggs045engManuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Governor Sevier, box 1, folder 6, document tl045.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--TreatiesCherokee Indians--Government relationsCherokee Indians--Land tenureBoundariesIndian agentsLetter, 1798 July 4 to James Robertson, James Stuart and Lochlen [i.e., Lachlan] McIntosh / John Sevier of an imageText