United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-18501822-01-17This is a letter from John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, to John Clark, Governor of Georgia (1819-1823), dated January 17, 1822. Calhoun responds to a recent letter from Clark respecting the appointment of John A. Cuthbert as a treaty commissioner for the two unnamed Indian nations within the state of Georgia (most likely the Creek and Cherokee Nations). Calhoun approves of the nomination and will support Cuthbert's appointment.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.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc690engMode 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/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 01, folder 29, document 01.Creek Indians--TreatiesCherokee Indians--TreatiesCuthbert, John A., 1788-1881Letter, 1822 Jan. 17, Department of War [to] John Clark, Gov[erno]r of Georgia / John C. CalhounText