- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1804 July 6, Athens, Georgia, [to] John Sevier, Governor [of Tennessee], Knoxville, Tennessee / W[illia]m Barnett, B[uckner] Harris
- Creator:
- Barnett, William
- Contributor to Resource:
- Harris, Buckner
- Date of Original:
- 1804-07-06
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Land use
Roads--Design and construction - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a copy of a letter dated July 6, 1804 from William Barnett and Buckner Harris in Athens, Georgia to John Sevier, Governor of the State of Franklin (1785-1788) and Governor of Tennessee (1796-1801, 1803-1809) in Knoxville, Tennessee. This letter was originally the enclosure of tcc920. The authors write in their capacity as commissioners for laying off a road from Tennessee through the Cherokee Nation to Georgia, and they inform Sevier that they are ready to proceed with that project. They propose to meet their counterparts from Tennessee at Cherokee leader James Vann's house in the Cherokee Nation on August 15, 1804. The authors write that they enclose copies of both the Georgia Assembly's resolution for building this road (tcc918) as well as their appointments as commissioners (no longer attached). They also mention Colonel Return J. Meigs. Sevier's response to this letter is tcc919.
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. - Local Identifier:
- tcc917
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc917
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc917#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc917/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 81, folder 21, document 04.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Georgia Athens
6th July 1804
His Excellency John Sevier.
Sir
we have the honour [honor] to inclose [enclose] you a copy of a resolution of the General assembly of this State relative to the laying off and opening a road from the State of Tenesee through the Cherokee Nation to the State of Georgia we also inclose [enclose] you a copy of our appointments as commissioners for that purpose presuming you have been officially notified by the Secretary of war [added text: as ] to the mode proposed for carrying this desirable object into effect. We take the liberty of notifying your Excellency that we are in re [added text: a ] diness to proceed to the duties contemplated by the said resolution and propose to meet commissioners or such persons [added text: as ] you may have appointed by your state to meet at James Vans in the Cherokee Nation on the
15th. Day of August next for that purpose of which contemplated meeting with the commissioners of Tenessee [deleted text: who ] [added text: we ] have by this conveyance informed Col. [Colonel] Meigs but should your Excellency find it necessary to alter either the time or place you will please to communicate such alteration to us by our express, and also to Col. [Colonel] Meigs; that that [that] he may apprise the Indian Chiefs of the same
We have the Honour [Honor] to be with much Esteem your Excellencys most Obt [Obedient]
[Signed] Wm. [William] Barnett
[Signed] B [Buckner] Harris
Coppy [Copy] His Excellency John Sevier Knoxville Tennessee
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