United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032Schermerhorn, J. F. (John Freeman), 1786-18511836-07-04This is a letter to Elbert Herring, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, from John F. Schermerhorn, dated July 4, 1836. Schermerhorn says that after the Treaty of New Echota (1835) was concluded, he asked local merchants to supply the destitute Cherokees with provisions because they were on the verge of starvation. Schermerhorn requests that the U.S. reimburse these men for their supplies as stipulated by the 18th article of the treaty.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegwt177engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas , box 1, folder 2, document wt177.Mode 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/Cherokee Indians--ClaimsCherokee Indians--Government relationsCherokee Indians--Social conditions[Letter] 1836 July 4, Washington City, [D.C. to] Elbert Herring, Commissioner [of] I[ndian] A[ffairs] / John F. Schermerhorn of an imageText