United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434Hicks, Charles R.1824-10-02This document, dated October 2, 1824, contains instructions from Cherokee leader Charles R. Hicks to Alexander McCoy and Nathan Hicks, hired to document Cherokee claims for improvements on ceded land. Compensation for improvements is claimed in accordance with the Treaty of Washington, signed between Cherokee leaders and the United States on February 27, 1819.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/jpegpa0224engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 102, document pa0224.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--Land tenureBetterments[Letter] 1824 Oct. 2 [to] Alexander McCoy and Nathan Hicks / Charles R. HicksText