United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Coffee, John, 1782-18361832-11-09This is a letter dated November 9, 1832 from John Coffee in Etowah to Governor Wilson Lumpkin (Governor of Georgia, 1831-1835) in Milledgeville. Coffee mentions that he has enclosed with this letter the payroll for the third quarter, but it does not survive with this document. He goes on to report that the Cherokee Council has met and complains that he has had trouble learning much about their deliberations. Coffee says that he has heard that the Council appointed John Ross, Richard Taylor, Joseph Vann and John Baldridge as delegates to attend the coming session of Congress, but he is not sure if they have the authority to sign a treaty or if they will require that U. S. commissioners meet with them in the nation before they will consider a treaty. Coffee says that he suspects the latter case, as Ross would not jeopardize his popularity by signing a treaty without knowing for sure that it would be accepted by the rest of the nation. Coffee expresses his confidence, however, that a treaty will be signed if Andrew Jackson is re-elected. He closes the letter by suggesting that it would be wise to maintain troops in the area to guard against any unrest during and after the land lottery.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/jpegtcc719engMode 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 24.Cherokee Indians--TreatiesCherokee Indians--Government relationsCherokee Indians--Land tenure[Letter] 1832 Nov. 9, Etowah, [Cherokee Nation] to Governor [Wilson] Lumpkin, Milledgeville, Georgia / John CoffeeText