- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1823 Jan. 29, Cherokee Agency [to] John Clark, [Governor of Georgia], Milledg[e]ville, Georgia / James Blair [and] Thomas Glascock
- Creator:
- Blair, James
- Contributor to Resource:
- Glascock, Thomas
- Date of Original:
- 1823-01-29
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Treaties
Indian agents
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Meigs, Return J., 1740-1823 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- official reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Letter from James Blair and Thomas Glascock, commissioners appointed by the state of Georgia to treat with the Cherokee Indians, to John Clark, Governor of Georgia (1819-1823), dated January 29, 1823. Blair and Glascock inform Clark of the recent death of Return J. Meigs, U.S. agent to the Cherokees. The commissioners indicate that his death may furnish the Cherokee leaders, already reluctant to attend treaty meetings, with a further pretext to avoid negotiations. They refer to an address they sent the Chiefs regarding the delay (see tcc054).
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- tcc474
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc474
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc474#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc474/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 4 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 48, folder 08, document 02.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Letters
Cherokee Indians--Treaties
Indian agents
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Meigs, Return J., 1740-1823
Georgia
Page: [1]
Cherokee Agency
29th January 1823
Dear Sir/
It becomes our painful duty, to apprise you of the death of Colo. [Colonel] R. J. Meigs, the Agent of this Nation, who expired on Yesterday morning at 8 O'Clock, after an illness of Eight days. What effect this unfortunate occurrence is to have upon our mission, is yet to be determined. It is to be apprehended however, that it will at least furnish a pretext to the Chiefs for tardy movements, tho' [though] should such a pretext be offered or [deleted text: at ] attempted by them, every exertion shall be used on our part to counteract it as far as possible. It is a source of much regret to us, that none of the head men of the Nation have yet assembled, But we have reasons to believe from information received since our Address reached them, that they have held a Council, and Selected several of their principal men to meet us in a few days, in the event of their
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doing so, We still anticipate the pleasure, of effecting the objects contemplated by our respective missions. The most prompt and decisive measures will be resorted to, should they not meet us in the course of this week
We have the honor to be with sentiments of respect and Esteem your Friends & Obedt. Servts [Obedient Servants]
[Signed] Thomas Glascock
[Signed] James Blair
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Letter Genl. Thos [General Thomas] Glascock Colo. [Colonel] James Blair Commissioners on the part of the State to attend the Cherokee Treaty dated
29th. Jany [January] 1823.
Treaty
1823
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Calhoun T.
January 30th 1823} 18 1/2
His Excellency John Clark Milledgville Georgia
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