United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Coffee, John, 1782-18361832-05-06This is a letter dated May 6, 1832 from John Coffee in Etowah to Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia (1831-1835), regarding the Georgia land surveyors employed in Cherokee territory. Coffee reports that the Cherokees have been very friendly towards the surveyors. He also reports that Colonel Williamson has informed him that around one hundred people were found digging gold near Sweetwater Creek and that he has sent Sergeant Ray with a detachment to stop them. Coffee complains that they have had much trouble keeping Indians from mining gold since a recent decision by the Supreme Court (probably the case of Worcester v. Georgia). Coffee closes the letter with a promise to send Sergeant Ray to check on the progress of the surveyors near the North Carolina and Tennessee borders.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/jpegtcc711engMode 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 16.Cherokee Indians--Government relationsSurveyingGold mines and miningLetter, 1832 May 6, Etowah, [Cherokee Nation] to Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia, Milledgeville, Georgia / John CoffeeText