United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Graham, George, 1770-18301817-07-26This letter dated July 26, 1817 is from acting Secretary of War George Graham (1815-1818), and is directed to David B. Mitchell, agent to the Creek Indians (1817-1821), and Governor of Georgia (1809-1813, 1815-1817). Graham writes to inform Mitchell that Elias Cornelius, head of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, wishes to visit the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw and Choctaw nations to determine what interest there might be in establishing missionary schools within those nations. Graham indicates that such schools would receive aid from the War Department in the same way it has supported Reverend Cyrus Kingsbury's efforts in the Cherokee nation. The proposed schools would teach pupils to read and write in English, as well as agricultural skills and the "domestic arts."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/jpegkrc090engMode 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, Keith Read, box 09, folder 49, document 01.Five Civilized Tribes--MissionsLetter, 1817 July 26, Department of War, [Washington, D.C. to] David B. Mitchell / Geo[rge] GrahamText