Correspondence of the Eastern Division pertaining to Cherokee removal
Series: Indigenous Peoples: North America; Indigenous Peoples: North America
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1838
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Subjects: Records and correspondence; Cherokee Indians; Sources; Government relations; Relocation; History; Correspondence; United States. Army. Eastern Division; United States
Description: The two rolls of this microfilm publication reproduce correspondence of the Eastern Division relating to the removal of the Cherokees from the states of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama to present-day eastern Oklahoma. Most of the correspondence was received or sent by Bvt. Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott, commanding officer of the Eastern Division, and his immediate staff between April and December 1838. Also present are a few pieces of May 1836-March 1837 correspondence that predate Scott's arrival in Cherokee country. The records are part of Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands, 1821-1920, Record Group (RG) 393.
Notes: Date range of documents: 1838.

Reproduction of the originals from the National Archives (United States).