United States, 39.76, -98.5United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434Payne, John Howard, 1791-18521842-02-28John 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.text/htmlimage/jpegjpa002engMode 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--TreatiesTrail of Tears, 1838[Letter] 1842 Feb. 28, War Department, [Washington, D.C. to] T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs / J[ohn] H[oward] P[ayne]Text