United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Crawford, William Harris, 1772-18341809-02-04William H. Crawford, U.S. Senator from Georgia, writes to Georgia Governor Jared Irwin (1806-1809) on February 4, 1809 to update him on recent legislative proceedings. Among other topics (mostly foreign affairs), Crawford informs the governor that he met with the President to discuss Georgia's acquisition of Wafford's Settlement, a tract of land ceded to the U.S. by some Cherokee leaders in 1804, and he further reports that many Cherokees are inclined to remove to territory west of the Mississippi River. Those Cherokees so disposed will go west in the summer to choose settlements, and they will cede their land in the east in exchange for the new territory. Crawford mentions an enclosure, the response of the President to an address made by the legislature of Georgia, that is no longer attached.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/jpegtcc722engMode 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 03, folder 05, document 01.Cherokee Indians--Land tenureCherokee Indians--TreatiesUnited States--Foreign relations--1783-1815Cherokee Indians--Relocation[Letter] 1809 Feb. 4, Washington, [D.C.] to Jared Irwin, Governor [of Georgia], Milledgeville, Georgia / W[illia]m H. CrawfordText