United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027Tennessee. Governor (1796-1801 : Sevier)1798-09-16This document was written by Tennessee Governor John Sevier (1796-1801, 1803-1809) to James Robertson, Lachlan McIntosh and James White on September 16, 1798 to inform them that the Cherokees are preparing to enter into a treaty with the United States commissioners. Sevier instructs the state agents to attend the treaty meeting and represent the interests of the State of Tennessee, particularly in regard to the situation of settlers who have been removed from their plantations within the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation.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/jpeggs050engManuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Governor Sevier, box 1, folder 6, document tl050.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 relationsLetter, 1798 Sept. 16, Knoxville, [Tennessee to] James Robertson, Lachlen [i.e., Lachlan] McIntosh, and James White / John Sevier of an imageText