Letter 1803 Apr. 13, Knoxville, Tennessee , to the Citizens of Anderson County, Tennessee
Letter 1803 Apr. 13, Knoxville, Tennessee , to the Citizens of Anderson County, Tennessee

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This document is a letter, dated April 13, 1803, written by Archibald Roane, Governor of the State of Tennessee, to the citizens of Anderson County, Tennessee. Roane intended to address this letter to the citizens who were presently residing on lands that had been guaranteed to Indians, and he warned them that prosecution would be brought against them if they failed to remove themselves. Roane stated that the Indians were demanding their rightful land, and the federal government would comply with those demands, be it by legal prosecution, removal by troops, or both.

Letter 1803 Apr. 6, Jackson County, Georgia to John Milledge, Governor of Georgia
Letter 1803 Apr. 6, Jackson County, Georgia to John Milledge, Governor of Georgia

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This document is a letter from Brigadier General David Dickson in Jackson County (Georgia) to Governor of Georgia John Milledge (1802-1806), dated April 6, 1803. Dickson informs Milledge that a number of families have recently settled on Indian land across from a regiment commanded by Colonel Hampton. Dickson, in anticipation of negative responses from the Indians, ordered Hampton to warn the settlers to remove and to burn their camps and cabins.