- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1799 June 24 [to] the warriors and cheifs [sic] of the Cherokee Nation / [John Sevier] of an image
- Creator:
- Tennessee. Governor (1796-1801 : Sevier)
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Governor Sevier , box 1, folder 8, document tl051.
- Date of Original:
- 1799-06-24
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Education
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Cherokee Indians--Missions - 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 the Cherokee Nation from Tennessee Governor John Sevier (1796-1801, 1803-1809) on June 24, 1799. Sevier tells the Cherokees that Rev. Lyman Potter has offered his services to teach education, religion and the finer arts to the Cherokees, and he recommends that they employ him.
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:
- gs051
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_gs051
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_gs051#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_gs051/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Governor Sevier , The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Friends & Brothers
The bearor [bearer] of this letter is the Reverand [Reverend] Mr. Lyman Potter; a person distinguished for his piety, sobriety, & moral conduct. His business into your Nation is to enquire of you head Men and Warriors, whether or not, you Would wish to engage a suitable person to instruct and teach your young people in the useful branches of Education, Religion, and [added text: the ] [deleted text: Sciences ] [added text: finer Arts ] ; Mr. Potters designs and intentions Appear to be composed of [deleted text: a ] laudable And And [And] Christian like [deleted text: intention, ] Virtues, and Should you incline to have your Nation instructed in the usefull [useful] and necessary branches I have Mentioned to you, I beg you to believe [deleted text: that ] you will not find a more suitable person than Mr. Potter [added text: either to [deleted text: influ ] give instruction himself, or [deleted text: send ] furnish you with proper characters to do it ] -- I rejoice to See Such an offer made by So emminent [eminent] a character of his Services to your people, and hope it may be attended with the utmost Success, and blessings
Page: [2]
to your Country --
I am your friend & brother
The Warriors & Cheifs [Chiefs] of the Cherokee Nation
24 June 1799
by the Rev. Mr. Potter
no. [number] 21
Recorded