Meigs family papers
by Meigs, Return Jonathan
Chiefly correspondence of Return Jonathan Meigs (1740-1823) relating principally to his activities as Indian agent to the Cherokees (1801-1823), with a few letters (1772-1774) concerning his Revolutionary War service. Includes a letter (1804 Dec. 10) from Meigs to Andrew Pickens relating to Cherokee lands. Papers of Meigs's son, Return Jonathan Meigs (1764-1825), relate to his tenure as governor of Ohio (1810-1814) and include a letterbook (1820-1821) while he served as U.S. Postmaster General. Papers of Return Jonathan Meigs (1801-1891), lawyer and attorney general of Tennessee, concern the removal of Indians from Alabama and the Mississippi Territory from 1831 to 1834.
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Edition Notes
Microfilm edition excludes the letter from Return Jonathan Meigs (1740-1823) to Andrew Pickens.
Open to research.
Microfilm edition available, no. 17,052.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1977.
Gifts and purchases, 1930-1991.
Collection material in English.
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