United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027Glass1806-11-25This document dated November 25, 1806 is a letter to the U.S. Agent to the Cherokees, Colonel Return J. Meigs, from Cherokee headmen the Glass, Dick Justice, (Turtle at home ?), John Lowrey, John Bogs, Parched Corn Flour, Cumberland and Tuskeheke gathered at Glass's house on Lookout Mountain in the Cherokee Nation. They request that ferry transport conducted by John Riley and Robert King be stopped because the Cherokees of the upper towns are determined to prevent the construction of a proposed road from Georgia to Cumberland by way of Lookout Mountain.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.text/htmlimage/jpegpa0204engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 36, document pa0204.Mode 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/Cherokee Indians--Government relationsFerries--Access roads[Letter] 1806 Nov. 25, Glass['s] house, Louckout Montin [i.e., Lookout Mountain, Cherokee Nation] to [Colonel] Return J. Meigs / Glass ... [et al.] of an imageText