United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Coffee, John, 1782-18361832-10-09This is a letter dated October 9, 1832 from General John Coffee at Etowah to Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia (1831-1835). Coffee refers to a recent answer given to the secretary of war by Cherokee Chief John Ross regarding Cherokee lands in North Georgia and agrees that it was "high toned and insolent." Coffee maintains that many Cherokee leaders, however, are willing to sign a treaty with the United States, and he says that they have tried to encourage this idea among the rest of the Cherokees in the area. He mentions an upcoming meeting between the Cherokee council and U. S. commissioners and promises to send the governor all of the details of the meeting as he receives them. He goes on to say that he is confident that the land dispute will be settled soon and that they will meet with no real opposition from the Cherokees.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/jpegtcc718engMode 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 23.Cherokee Indians--Government relationsCherokee Indians--Land tenureCherokee Indians--Treaties[Letter], 1832 Oct. 9, Etowah, [Cherokee Nation] to Wilson Lumpkin, Governor [of Georgia], Milledgeville, Georgia / Jno. [i.e., John] CoffeeText