Meigs family papers, 1772-1862. 

 - 75  items. 1  container. 1  microfilm reel. 0.4  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Microfilm edition excludes the letter from Return Jonathan Meigs (1740-1823) to Andrew Pickens. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1977. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 78032557  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Pickens, Andrew, 1739-1817 --Correspondence.<br/>Meigs family.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Postmaster General. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cherokee Indians.<br/>Indians of North America--Alabama.<br/>Indians of North America--Mississippi.<br/>Practice of law--Tennessee.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Ohio--Politics and government.<br/>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Attorneys general--Tennessee.<br/>Cabinet officers.<br/>Governors--Ohio.<br/>Indian agents.<br/>Lawyers.