- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1842 Feb. 28, War Department, [Washington, D.C. to] T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs / J[ohn] H[oward] P[ayne]
- Creator:
- Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852
- Date of Original:
- 1842-02-28
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Cherokee Indians--Treaties
Trail of Tears, 1838 - 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 T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, on February 28, 1842 to request information in regard to the Treaty of New Echota (concluded between the United States and certain Cherokee leaders on December 29, 1835). Payne asks various questions about whether or not the United States has followed through with payments and provisions, stipulated in the treaty and other agreements, to be made to the Cherokees for their removal west of the Mississippi River. Cherokee Chief John Ross, who opposed the New Echota treaty, is mentioned.
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:
- jpa002
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_jpa002
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_jpa002#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_jpa002/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:
-
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Hon: [Honorable] T: [Thomas] Hartley Crawford
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
War Department,
Feb: 28: 1842
My dear Sir,
To complete certain memoranda regarding the Cherokee Treaty of
1835, I am in want of information upon the points which I embody in the annexed questions. Can you conveniently enable me to answer them?
I have the honor to be,
Dear Sir,
Most respectfully Yours
[Signed] J.H.P. [John Howard Payne] /
was any seperate [separate] appropriation ever made to pay the reservations engaged [deleted text: for ] in Article 13 of the Treaty, to be paid for independently by the United States, because "only a just fulfilment [fulfillment] of former Treaty stipulations."?
To what extent have those reservations been paid for, and if not by an express and independent appropriation, out of what fund?
Was the $100,000 provided by 3d section of Act of
June 12th 1838 for blankets and clothing and for medicines and medical assistance, paid, -- and when and where? If not paid, or only partly paid, where is the whole, or the balance, now?
What payments were made for emigration, under the Treaty of
1835, before and after or simultaneously with, the arrangements with John Ross?
To whom were they made, and when? And what are their respective amounts?
What were the various payments made for subsistence,
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from the commencement of such arrangements under the Treaty, up to the time when the persons thus subsisted reached their destination and by whom were such payments made?
What were the various sums paid to John Ross or his Agen [edge of document] under the contract for emigration, either by General Scott, or the Depar [edge of document: t ] ment, and when were these sums paid?
Are there claims yet outstanding for subsistence of the Cherokees under the Treaty, - either on the way, or after their arrival, either allowed, or disallowed? -- And if so, what are they and which have been allowed & which disallowed?
Are there claims yet outstanding for contracts either made or stated to have been made, for removing Cherokees under the Treaty, and if so, by whom preferred, and what is their amount? --