Managing the People Removed from Indian Land

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Managing the People Removed from Indian Land

Description

Butler expresses approval of the executive's appointment of commissioners to hold a treaty with the Cherokee Indians. They will be able to make a report on on the lands which the United States may claim. Butler argues that these lands are not worth contending for since all the valuable lands in Tennessee have been covered by warrants. He laments of the share of trouble he has had in managing the people that have been removed from Indian land.

year created

1798

month created

02

day created

18

author

sent from location

Belle Canton

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Colonel Thomas Butler
William Shaffe
Colonel Henley
Cherokee Indians
commissioners
Judge Campbell
Colonel Arwell
magistrates
War Department

notable location

Philadelphia
Belle Canton
Tennessee
North Carolina
Indian Lands

notable item/thing

counterfeit dollar

document number

1798021880001

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) ZPM19 (3 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B:6
[view document] (3 pages) ZPM19a (3 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B:6

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Thomas Butler Belle Canton [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]