A letter from President Andrew Jackson to the Cherokee Nation about the benefits of voluntary removal, March 16, 1835.

In this letter, Jackson writes to the Cherokee Nation urging them to give up the fight for their homeland. Jackson argues that the Cherokee people will be much better off if they remove to land west of the Mississippi River. He expresses the hope that they will accept the advice that he claims to give them as a friend.

Citation Information
Jackson, Andrew, “To the Cherokee tribe of Indians east of the Mississippi River,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/485ede64f61268ebc5febe30be9900a6.
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Courtesy of Hargrett Library via Digital Library of Georgia.

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