United States, 39.76, -98.5Payne, John Howard, 1791-18521842-08-31John Howard Payne writes to Dr. J. Q. Osborn of New Orleans on August 31, 1842. He primarily discusses his appointment to a consulship in Tunis. Payne perceives his future life among the citizens of Tunis to be comparable to his experience with the Indian "barbarians". He says that it is not the Indians who are the true barbarians but the white "half breeds" and claims that his former friends among them treated him poorly. Payne says that the mixed blood Indians used him for as long as they could and dropped him as soon as they were through, and he shows particular animosity toward Chief John Ross whom he calls a "bilk".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/jpegjpa009engMode 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.Diplomats--Tunisia--TunisCherokee IndiansTunisiansRoss, John, 1790-1866[Letter] 1842 Aug. 31, Washington, [D.C. to] Dr. J. Q. Osborn, New Orleans / John Howard PayneText