- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1842 Feb. 21 to J. T. Cochrane, Washington, [D.C.] / J[ohn] H[oward] P[ayne]
- Creator:
- Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852
- Date of Original:
- 1842-02-21
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Cherokee Indians--Treaties - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- John Howard Payne writes to J. T. Cochrane on February 21, 1842 to inquire about what he calls the Schermerhorn Treaty (ostensibly the Treaty of New Echota concluded between United States commissioners and certain Cherokee leaders on December 29, 1835). He is particularly concerned with the stipulations of the 17th article of that treaty.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- jpa001
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_jpa001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_jpa001#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_jpa001/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], John Howard Payne Letter Books, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, John Howard Payne Letter Books, box Volume I - 1842, folder N/A, document N/A.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
J. T. Cochrane Esqr. Washington.
[same date, from my office to his]
My dear Sir,
I must trouble you, as usual, with questions and commissions:
Can you tell me, When did the commission under the 17th article of the Schermerhorn Treaty begin to act?
When did it close?
Was the $60,000 specified as destined to pay national debts for services receivd [received] from United States' citizens, an
Page: [2]
independent appropriation?
So much for national affairs. Now for personal ones.
Is Mr Kurtz as ready to pay up the arrear of salary by this time, as I am to receive it? If so, what form of receipt am I to give?
The Indian Commissioner called on me last Saturday afternoon, at the Secretary's request, to ask what progress I was making, and when my labors would come to a close? -- If you have a chance, will you oblige me by telling General Parker that I have been ever since then preparing a written statement in reply, which I hope to complete on or before the middle of the week.
Yours ever truly
[Signed] JHP [John Howard Payne] ./