Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 to James Monroe
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00151 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: October 23, 1816 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Writes to Secretary of State Monroe after his successful treaty negotiations with the Cherokee and Chickasaw regarding "their claim South of the Tennessee that interferes with the [C]reek cession." Comments on difficulties with the Chickasaw, who claimed rights to lands based on treaties from 1794 and 1801. States that they "will now have good roads kept up & supplied by the industry of our own citizens, and our frontier defended by a strong population. The sooner therefore that this country can be brought into market the better." Indicates that they will create two districts and surveyed and sell the land, which will contribute to the treasury and bring in a population to defend the frontier. Having heard that William H. Crawford would be retiring from his position as Secretary of War, Jackson enthusiastically and at length recommends Colonel William H. Drayton as a man whose character "cannot be swayed from street rule & nature." Recommends against a rumored successor, whose name has been crossed out of the letter.
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