United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Coffee, John, 1782-18361832-03-17This is a letter dated March 17, 1832 from John Coffee in Etowah to Governor Wilson Lumpkin (Governor of Georgia, 1831-1835) in Milledgeville regarding the Cherokee removal in northern Georgia. Coffee mentions the Supreme Court's recent decision in the "Missionary Case" (ostensibly Worcester v. Georgia, 1832) and says that he regrets it as he believes it will interfere with the process of removal. He also quotes from a letter from the Secretary of War, which says that the President objects to the surveying and settling of Cherokee territory by the state of Georgia. Coffee further states that he has sent a detachment to accompany over a hundred Cherokees to the agency in Etowah, and he makes brief mention of the arrest and trial of two Cherokee chiefs, Whitepath and Sunday (?), for collecting debts under Cherokee laws.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/jpegtcc709engMode 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 14.Cherokee Indians--Government relationsCherokee Indians--RelocationLetter, 1832 Mar. 17, Etowah to Governor Wilson Lumpkin, Milledgeville, Georgia / John CoffeeText