- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1798 July 11, Knoxville, [Tennessee to] Colo[nel David ?] Henly [i.e., Henley ?] / [John Sevier] of an image
- Creator:
- Tennessee. Governor (1796-1801 : Sevier)
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Knoxville, TN, Governor Sevier, box 1, folder 6, document tl048.
- Date of Original:
- 1798-07-11
- Subject:
- Chickasaw Indians--Government relations
Chickasaw Indians--Claims - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter written to Colonel (David ?) Henley from John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee (1796-1801, 1803-1809), on July 11, 1798. Sevier states that James Calbert of the Chickasaw Nation has complaints against the United States and encourages Henly to listen to them because of the Chickasaws' loyalty to the United States.
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:
- gs048
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_gs048
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_gs048#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_gs048/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Governor Sevier, The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Knoxville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Knoxville
11th July 1798
Sir
Mr. James Calbert of the Chickasaw Nation, has made known to me, Some accounts he has against the United States contracted by [unclear text: Chism ], when [deleted text: he was ] engaged for to trans act [transact] some Indian business -- I have recommended to him, to wait on you with his papers, assuring him at the same time you would do him that Justice his claim merited -- permit me to Observe, that Mr. James Calbert, together with the rest of the family, and also the principle leaders of the Chickasaw Nation, has always discovered great friendship and Sincere attachment to the United States. [deleted text: from ] And their conduct in General entitles them to the particular notice and Attention of Government especially at the present Crisis
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Yours & C & C [et cetera, et cetera]
Colo. [Colonel] Henly
Page: [2]
Colonel Henly
11th June 1798
by James Calbert