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| Title: | [Letter] 1815 Feb. 19, Highwassee Garrison, [TN] [to] Colonel James Brown / Return J. Meigs : a machine readable transcription of an image |
| Author: | Meigs, Return J. |
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This work is the property of the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. For all other use contact the Tennessee State Library and Archives, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37243-0312. (615) 741-2764. |
| Date: | February 19, 1815 |
| Extent: | 2p |
| Summary: | This is a letter dated February 19, 1815, from Cherokee Agent Return J. Meigs to James Brown, a son of Colonel Joseph Brown. Meigs is advising Brown that recovering his father's slaves from Cherokee chief Coteoyetohee is threatening a peace between the US and the Cherokee and is in violation of a treaty. Meigs reminds Brown that treaties are the highest law and that all are accountable to the law. |
| Collection: | Joseph Brown Papers |
| Box: | THS-JB |
| Folder: | 83-86 |
| Document: | sl171 |
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