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- GLC#
- GLC08279.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 05 July 1828
- Author/Creator
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
- Title
- to William Wirt
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The First Age of Reform
Asking for comments on Georgia's claims pursuant to an 1802 federal agreement that extinguished Indian titles within the state's boundaries. The letter anticipates the events leading up to the 1829 Georgia-Cherokee Crisis; the Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia, which found in favor of the Indians, thus limiting states' rights; and eventual removal of the Cherokees via the famous "Trail of Tears."
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