- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1808 Apr. 10, Greenville, So[uth] Carolina [to] Return J. Meigs, Highwassee [i.e., Hiwassee] / Col[onel] Elias Earle
- Creator:
- Earle, Elias, 1762-1823
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 46, document pa0206.
- Date of Original:
- 1808-04-10
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Treaties
Map reading
Treaties--Ratification - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter dated April 10, 1806 from Col. Elias Earle to Return J. Meigs, agent for Indian affairs. Earle informs Meigs that an unnamed treaty recently signed with the Cherokees has not been ratified and speculates that the failure is attributable to an inaccurate map of the United States. Earle mentions a memorial sent by James Vann and Charles Hicks. He also discusses the storage of corn at Hiwassee as opposed to Chickamauga Creek, both inside the Cherokee Nation. Earle was a congressman from Greenville, South Carolina.
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:
- pa0206
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0206
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0206#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0206/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 4 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Greenville
10th April 1808
Sir
a few days since I had the pleasure to receive your favour [favor]
12th March by Capt. Shackleford, and am Truly glad to find that you have been kind Enough to him to let the corn be stored at-Highwassee a place that suits me much better than at Chickamaga under Every circumstance- You have no doubt before this been advised by the Secretary at war that the Treaty was not ratified, & the reasons why it was not; I believe that there would not have [added text: been ] the Least doubt of it, had it not apeard [appeared] to have been in the State of Tennessee, by Examining Bradley s map of the U.S. upon making the enquiry It was thought best to let it Lay over till an other [another] session there was Several Very well wrote memorials sent on against it by Vann Hicks & party, which went to protest against other Treatys [Treaties] on the Head of Elk & Duck rivers &c [et cetera] made
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Lately- all that they could have done would not have had any influence [deleted text: on ] If the Cession had been made in the Land below Nickajack, or So. [South] of 35th Degree Latitude- which land is Solely under the direction of the Genl [General] Government. However as Tennessee has obtained Leave to purchase all within her Limits of the Indians as first as they will Sell- It is probable that there will be some provision made for the purchase at Chickamaga -- the Secretary at war promised me that he would Take what corn I had purchased, & that he would write Imediately [Immediately] to you on the subject If he has & you have it in you power, to forward me the money by a safe hand or by mail, I will Take it as a Very Singular favour [favor] for I assure [added text: you ] that cash has become a very scarce article in this part of the country- I suppose owing to the Embargo- Cotton, which is our Staple will not bring more than 12 1/2; cents at markett [market], a price that we are all unwilling to sell at -- I will thank you to give Me the Earliest information when the next annuity
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is at Highwassee, as I wish to attend to Say my business before the Chiefs &c [et cetera]
I am Sir With great regard your Most Obt Servt. [Obedient Servant]
[Signed] Elias Earle P.S pleas [please] to Direct your Letter for Me
Greenville Court House So [South] Carolina
[Signed] E.E. [Elias Earle]
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Greenville c.h. [court house] So. C [South Carolina] }
April 13th. 1808
Free
Colo. [Colonel] Return J. Meigs Agent for Indian affairs Highwassee Kingston [illegible text] office
Colo. [Colonel] Earles Letter informs Colo. [Colonel] Meigs that he may sell his corn- &; why the Treaty was not ratifyed [ratified]
10th April 1808