The Removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia, 1827-1841. (2 volume set)

Wilson Lumpkin; Cherokee

Privately Printed - Dodd Mead & Company, Publishers., 1907

2 volume set. Limited edition of 500 copies. Rebound in fine modern cloth by Tassini Bros. custom bindery, of Indian Orchard, Mass.  Hardcover. Fine binding and cover.  Clean, unmarked pages. 369; 328 pp. No frontispieces (often absent). Top margin corner of first few pages lacking (no loss to text). Privately printed in Wormsloe, ”for Wymberley Jones De Renne." Contains Lumpkin’s speeches in Congress, correspondence as Governor of Georgia and as U. S. Commissioner to the Cherokees (1827--1841), and a sketch of his life.  Lumpkin was appointed by President Andrew Jackson a the first United State Commissioner under the Cherokee Treaty. He worked to remove Cherokees to open their land to agricultural development by whites. Howes L 567.  Subjects:Lumpkin, Wilson, -- 1783-1870.Trail of Tears, 1838-1839.Georgia -- History -- 1775-1865.