- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Receipt of] Timothy Meigs for [goods] given the Cherokee and to furnish a Cherokee school, 1814 Mar. 31
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 75, document pa0216.
- Date of Original:
- 1814-03-31
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Cherokee Indians--Education - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- receipts (financial records)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a receipt dated March 31, 1814 for monies owed Timothy Meigs (son of U.S. Agent to the Cherokees Return J. Meigs) by the United States for items, including school supplies, that Meigs' store provided for the Cherokees.
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:
- pa0216
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0216
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0216#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0216/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:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
The United States ℅ Timothy Meigs Dr
1814 Jaury [January] 1st ℅57 pr [pair] cotton cards @200 cts [cents] 114.00
" 261 pr. [pair] ditto @240 " 626.40
" 69 pr. [pair] Ditto @ 280 " 193.20
" 12 1/2 lbs [unclear text: Crawley steel ] @ 40 cts. [cents] 5.00
" 8 lbs [unclear text: Blister ] Do, @ 25cts. 2.00
" 79 lbs Tobacco @ [illegible text] 13,, 16 2/3
953, 76 2/3
The above given to the Cherokees
" 4th ℅ 4 yds cotton cloth paid [yards] David Edington express from Genl [General] Jackson 2.00
March 4th ℅1 Blanket paid a Cherokee for carrying dispatcher from Turkey Town to Hightower 7.00
" ℅ 1 Blanket paid a Cherokee or Messenger from Hightower to Highwassee 6.00
" 25th " ℅ 8 yds Cotton Cloth @75 cts. [cents] paid a Cherokee express from Turkey Town 6.00
"℅ 5 1/2 quire of paper @ 50 cts [cents] 2.75
" 1 paper Ink powder
.25
" 25 [unclear text: best ] Quills
.62 1/2
" 70 Gun flints
1.40
" 90 lb Tobacco @ [illegible text] 15.00 20.02
The above sent to [added text: the ] Cherokee warriors out with Genl. [General] Jackson
" ℅1 1/2 Doz. [Dozen] Spelling Books @ 2/3 6.75
" 1 Doz [Dozen] American [unclear text: Primmers [Primers] ] @ 12 1/2 1.50
carried forward $1003.04
The above furnished a Cherokee School
Page: [2]
℅ Amt. Brot. [Amount Brought] forward 1003.04
March 29th ℅ 4 yds [yards] muslin @3/9 2.50
1/2 lb nails @ .12 1/2
for Shroud & coffin for the decent interment of [added text: a woman ] who died in the Garrison [added text: 2.62 1/2 ]
$1005.66 1/2
Received of Return J Meigs one Thousand & ℅ [deleted text: dollars ] five Dollars & Sixty Six 1/2 cents in full payment of the above account --
[Signed] Signed Duplicates
[Signed] Timothy Meigs Highwassee
31st March 1814
Page: [3]
No. 15
Timothy Meigs' receipt pay for articles for the encouragement of Agriculture an Manufactures amongst the Cherokees -- for Indian runner to & from General Jacksons Army. Tobacco & Stationary for the Cherokee warriors. School Books for Indian schools &c &c &c [et cetera]
$1005.66
31st March 1814