- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1814 Feb. 11, Rosses [i.e. John Ross's], Lookout Mountain, [Tennessee to] R[eturn] J. Meigs, Highwassee [i.e., Hiwassee] G[a]r[rison] / G[ideon] Morgan :a machine-readable transcription of an image
- Creator:
- Morgan, Gideon
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Morgan Papers, box 10, folder VA, document tl017.
- Date of Original:
- 1814-02-11
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Government relations
- Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- requisitions
military records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This letter, dated February 11, 1814, is from Colonel Gideon Morgan to Return J. Meigs, U.S. Agent to the Cherokees. Morgan, who is leading Cherokee forces sympathetic to the U.S. against the Creeks, asks Meigs for 200 blankets. He says that the Cherokees will repay Meigs for the blankets and urges him to send them before they leave for Fort Armstrong.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- mp017
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mp017
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mp017#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_mp017/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Morgan Papers, The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Rosses Lookout Mountain
Feby [February] 11th 1814
Dear Sir
I Left Fort armstrong under an intention of proceding [proceeding] up as far as Highwassee but my horse from hard Riding and being entirely destitute of forage has become extremely weak and unable to bear the Ride
Mr. [unclear text: Skelerin ] has business in that Quarter by whoom [whom] I now write.
The Cherokees are nearly destitute of warm cloathing [clothing] . My object is to provide them with Some Blankets which I Suppose Could be procured from your Son [illegible text] Should he feel disposed to furnish them the Cherokees will either pay him out of their wages or next anuity [annuity] or in any other way which you may think propper [proper] to devise two Hundred 3 point Blankets would I Believe answer to furnish the Most Needy which if procured I wish Sent down by water immediately. we march from this place the
17th and Rendesvous [Rendezvous] at [added text: Ft ] armstrong the
20th and form a Junction with Jackson the
25th. Should the Blankets not arive [arrive] by the
17th they will be useless to the Cherokees
I am with Centiments [Sentiments] of unabated Esteem Your obt [obedient]
[Signed] G [Gideon] Morgan [illegible text] Colo [Colonel] Cherokee [unclear text: forces ]
Col [Colonel] R. J. Meigs
Page: [2]
Col. [Colonel] Morgan's letter
11th February 1814
200 Blankets to be Sent to Ross's place for CherokeeWarriors
Colo. [Colonel] Return J. Meigs Highwassee Gr. [Garrison]
Capt [Captain] Skelerin