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Title:	[Letter] 1799 Mar. 14, Knoxville [to] Moses Fisk, Hanover, New Hampshire / Willie Blount : a machine readable transcription of an image
Author:	Blount, Willie
Availability:	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:	March 14, 1799
Extent:	4p
Summary:	This document is a letter written to Moses Fisk from Willie Blount on March 14, 1799. In the letter, Blount discusses political aspects of Tennessee at the time, including impeachments, a Cherokee treaty, political appointments, and land demand being very low in Tennessee. Blount also wishes for Fisk to return to Tennessee, not to marry a northern woman, and expresses dislike for Northerners in general.
Collection:	Tennessee Historical Society
Box:	Willie Blount, b1
Folder:	8
Document:	sl017
Categories:	Government and Politics Trade, Business, Land, and Legal Native Americans, and Indian - White Relations Women, Family, and Gender Relations
Keywords:	Cherokee Indians -- Treaties Tennessee -- Politics and government -- To 1865 Tennessee

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