- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter], 1866 Oct. 30, Treasury Department [to] R. J. Powell Esq[uire], Special Agent, Washington D. C. / Secretary of the Treasury
- Date of Original:
- 1866-10-30
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Indians, Treatment of - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Letter dated October 30, 1866 from the Secretary of the Treasury to R. J. Powell Esq., the newly appointed special agent for the Department of the Treasury, detailing orders and duties. Powell is directed to ascertain the number of Cherokees still living in the East and their condition in compliance with the Treaty of New Echota (fully ratified May 23, 1836). He is also directed to check on the treasury payments made by J. W. Terrell and the number of North Carolina Cherokees that had been loyal to the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- wtp141
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wtp141
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wtp141#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wtp141/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], William H. Thomas Papers, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, William H. Thomas Papers, box 01, folder 24, document 09.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Treasury Department
October 30th 1866
Sir
You are hereby directed in persuance [pursuance] of your appointment as special agent of the Treasury for that purpose to proceed to North Carolina and there investigate and report upon the condition of certain Indians of the Cherokee Nation remaining there by virtue [deleted text: of ] and under the provisions of the treaty made with them by the Government of the United States on the
23d of May 1836 and known as the treaty of New Echota, with special reference to their loyalty or disloyalty to the United States now and during the late rebellion.
The name of each person will be given with such remarks as [unclear text: remittances ] may require. You will also make a careful and thorough examination and report upon the condition [deleted text: [illegible text] ] [added text: of the ] accounts of [unclear text: JW ] Terrell the last agent of the Treasury charged with the payment of the interest on the annuity set apart for said Indians under the aforesaid Treaty who at the breaking out of the late war had in hand as appears by the books of this department the sum of $21,134 96 and report whether the same can be collected.
You are expected to use all due dilligence [diligence] in carrying out the above instructions
I am very respectfully
[Signed] Secretary of the Treasury
R J Powell Esq Special Agent &c [et cetera] Washington D.C.