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| Repository: | Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
| Creator: | Isaac Foster |
| Title: | Collection 117. Isaac Foster Letter, 1832 |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. |
| Abstract: | In 1832, Isaac Foster wrote a letter to his son Whitley Foster, who had recently moved to Milledgeville, Georgia from his family's home in Chatham, Connecticut. In the letter, the senior Foster offers his opinion on the Cherokee removal from their homeland, South Carolina's possible secession, provides family news and offers his son advice. |
| This letter contains paragraph discussing opinion of Cherokee removal being unjust and paragraph discussing South Carolina's circa 1832 threats to secede from the United States. | |
| Extent: | 0.01 linear feet, 1 archival folder |
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[Identification of item], Collection 117. Isaac Foster Letter, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA.
Document purchased by Belk Library in June 1999. This collection was opened to the public in 1999.
Processed by Kathryn Staley, 1999
Encoded by Kathryn Staley, Rachel Critzer, 2005
| Cherokee Indians -- Relocation -- Georgia |
| Cherokee Indians -- Relocation -- Oklahoma |
| Foster, Isaac, fl. 1832 -- Correspondence |
| Foster, Whitley -- Correspondence |
| Secession -- South Carolina |
| Collection 117. Isaac Foster Papers. (1832) | |||||||||
| Folder | |||||||||
| 1 | Letter from Isaac Foster to son | ||||||||
| Article regarding Cherokee removal | |||||||||
