United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Coffee, John, 1782-18361832-02-05This is a letter dated February 5, 1832 from John Coffee at Etowah (Cherokee Nation) to Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia (1831-1835), informing the governor that he has decided to rent former Cherokee lands near gold mines in northern Georgia to the highest bidder. He says that this plan is indispensable as there are many applicants for each place for rent. He complains that his few attempts to rent lands through private contracts have been troublesome. Coffee closes the letter by alleging that the Indians in the area are making some efforts to dig gold and that their attempts are a nuisance. He plans to station a detachment of troops nearby in order to prevent them from making any further efforts to mine the gold.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/jpegtcc705engMode 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 46, document 10.Cherokee Indians--Claims againstCherokee Indians--Land tenureReal propertyGold mines and miningLetter, 1832 Feb. 5, Etowah, C[herokee] N[ation] to Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia, Milledgeville / John CoffeeText