- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1812 Mar. 28, Maury County, [Tennessee to] Elias Earle / James Holland
- Creator:
- Holland, James S., 1754-1823
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 55, document pa0209.
- Date of Original:
- 1812-03-28
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Land tenure
Iron-works
Factories - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a copy of a letter from Major James Holland to Elias Earle dated March 28, 1812. Holland discusses the establishment of an iron works factory in the Cherokee Nation and briefly outlines the grounds on which the land for the factory was to be obtained by Earle.
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:
- pa0209
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0209
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0209#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0209/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:
-
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Maury county
28th march 1812
Dear sir
In yours of the 27th Ulto [Ultimo] I am requested to give you a statement of the propositions of Mr Jefferson & H Dearborn, the then President & Secretary of War- Touching your Erecting Iron works & c [et cetera] in the Cherokee Country - which were so far as my memory serves me as follows-- You was to use your influence to procure a purchase of a Tract of land for that purpose, and if accomplished to Erect works there on and to manufacture Such Iron instruments of Husbandry as the Government, anually [annually] supplies the Indians with for which you was to be allowed a fair price
You was to have a fee simple in the land, or a long lease, & in the latter case you was to be paid for all permanent improvements, at the end of the lease, and if a fee simple, You was to reimburce [reimburse] the moneys expended in the Extinguishment of the Indian title- I further recollect that after you had by treaty Obtained a grant from the Indians for the above purpose and had returned to Washington -nothing apeared [appeared] to prevent the progress of the proceedings but a
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[unclear text: doubt ] of the tract being within [deleted text: within ] the limits of Tennessee - In which case measures were to be taken to obtain a title from the State or to [unclear text: Vary ] the place to come within the United States
[Signed] James Holland
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Copy
Majr. [Major] Holland s Letter
28th March 1812 to Elias Earle
1812 Cherokee