United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Coffee, John, 1782-18361832-03-03This is a letter dated March 3, 1832 from John Coffee to Wilson Lumpkin , Governor of Georgia (1831-1835), regarding the efforts to remove the Cherokee Indians from the state of Georgia. Coffee reports that he has conversed with numerous Cherokee leaders respecting their delegation in Washington, and the anticipated outcomes of congressional deliberations on the subject. Coffee then goes on to discuss ways to convince the Cherokees to emigrate. He expresses his confidence that most of the Cherokees will agree to enroll for emigration by October. Coffee goes on to boast of the popularity of the Georgia Guard amongst the Cherokees, and he criticizes the efforts of some to destroy his reputation. He makes reference to two missionaries to the Cherokees (Elizur Butler and Samuel Worcester) imprisoned by the guard and remarks that he has declined to auction off their property considering the move very impolitic at present.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/jpegtcc707engMode 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 12.Cherokee Indians--Government relationsCherokee Indians--RelocationLetter, 1832 Mar. 3, Camp Lumpkin, to Governor Wilson Lumpkin, Milledgeville, Georgia / John CoffeeText