United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Coffee, John, 1782-18361832-11-22This is a letter dated November 22, 1832 at Milledgeville from General John Coffee to Governor Wilson Lumpkin (Governor of Georgia, 1831-1835) regarding the governor's request for Coffee's opinion about the proper military arrangements that should be made once the troops stationed near the Cherokee Nation are dismissed. Coffee says that, unless the state provides some kind of protection in the area, those who draw land in the lottery will force the Cherokees off their land and force them to abandon their possessions.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/jpegtcc720engMode 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 25.Cherokee Indians--Land tenureGeorgia. Militia--DemobilizationLetter, 1832 Nov. 22, Milledgeville to Governor Wilson Lumpkin, Milledgeville / John CoffeeText