United States, 39.76, -98.5United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434Payne, John Howard, 1791-18521842-02-21John 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.text/htmlimage/jpegjpa001engMode 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/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.Cherokee Indians--Government relationsCherokee Indians--Treaties[Letter] 1842 Feb. 21 to J. T. Cochrane, Washington, [D.C.] / J[ohn] H[oward] P[ayne]Text