United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027Tennessee. Governor (1796-1801 : Sevier)1799-06-24This 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.text/htmlimage/jpeggs051engManuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Governor Sevier , box 1, folder 8, document tl051.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--EducationCherokee Indians--Government relationsCherokee Indians--Missions[Letter] 1799 June 24 [to] the warriors and cheifs [sic] of the Cherokee Nation / [John Sevier] of an imageText