Meigs family papers, 1772-1862.

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Meigs family papers, 1772-1862.

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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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Meigs, Return Jonathan, 1740-1823

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Meigs, Return Jonathan, 1764-1825

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Pickens, Andrew, 1739-1817

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