Meigs, Return Jonathan 1740-1823

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Works:	72 works in 96 publications in 2 languages and 452 library holdings
Genres:	Letters Invoices Expense accounts Legal documents
Roles:	Editor
Classifications:	z1215, 970.5

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Publications by Return Jonathan Meigs

Publications by Return Jonathan Meigs, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Return Jonathan Meigs

Second Congress of the United States: At the second session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the fifth of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two: An act to provide for the allowance of interest on the sum ordered to be paid by the resolve of Congress, of the twenty-eighth of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, as an indemnity to the persons therein named by United States ( Book )
An historical sketch of Return Jonathan Meigs : a revolutionary hero of Connecticut by Meigs H Whaples ( Book )
Return J. Meigs, United States agent in the Cherokee Nation, 1801-1823 by James S McKeown ( Book )
Return Jonathan Meigs, Indian agent extraordinary by Henry T Malone ( Book )
One man in his time : Return Jonathan Meigs, 1740-1823 by B. V Meigs ( Book )

Obituary. Died, on the 28th of January, 1823, at the Cherokee agency, aged LXXXIII, Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs ( Book )
William Lovely papers, 1814-1817 by William Lewis Lovely ( Book )
Message from the president of the United States, transmitting a copy of instructions under which the articles of a treaty with the Cherokee Indians were formed, by Daniel Smith and R.J. Meigs, acting commissioners of the United States, at Tellico, on the 24th October, 1804; with copies of all other correspondence, or other documents relating to that instrument. : December 27, 1824. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means by United States ( Book )
Calendar of R.J. Meigs collection : Ohio State Library (Dec., 1955) by Ohio State Library ( Book )
Papers, 1644-1985 by Eric Thompson Ball ( )
Report of the Committee of Claims to whom was referred on the 30th of November last, the memorial of Return Johathan Meigs, jun. presented the 23rd March, 1804 by United States ( Book )
Cherokees by Return Jonathan Meigs ( Book )
To brighten the chain of friendship : the Cherokee Indian Agency records, 1801 by Susan Marie Abram ( Book )
Letter, dated 1808 February 19, Nashville, Tennessee, to Return J. Meigs by John Overton ( Book )
Papers, 1802, 1814 by Return Jonathan Meigs ( )
Return Jonathan Meigs : Cherokee Indian agent, 1801-1823 by Greer Jackson Kimery ( Book )
The generals of the American Revolution. V. 4: Benedict Arnold by Thomas Addis Emmet ( Visual )
Hamden celebrations collection, 1736-1936 ( Book )
Meigs, Return Jonathan ( Book )
Receipt] 1808 Oct. 27, of Return J Meigs ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Return Jonathan Meigs

A journal of occurrences which happened within the circle of observation in the detachment commanded by Colonel Benedictine Arnold consisting of two battalions, which were detached from the army at Cambridge, in the year 1775 by Return Jonathan Meigs ( Book )
3 editions published in 1776 in English and held by 68 libraries worldwide

Journal of the expedition against Quebec under command of Col. Benedict Arnold in the year 1775 by Return Jonathan Meigs ( Book )
10 editions published between 1864 and 1984 in English and held by 52 libraries worldwide

Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs day book number 2 by Return Jonathan Meigs ( Book )
2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 50 libraries worldwide

An authentic journal of occurrences which happened within the circle of Major Meig's observations, in the detachment commanded by Col. (now General) Benedictine Arnold, consisting of two battalions which were detached from the provincial army at Cambridge against Quebec by Return Jonathan Meigs ( Book )
5 editions published between 1776 and 1987 in English and held by 29 libraries worldwide

Digest of all the decisions of the former Superior courts of law and equity, and of the present Supreme court of errors and appeals, in the state of Tennessee by Return Jonathan Meigs ( Book )
in English and held by 12 libraries worldwide

Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee during the years 1838-9 by Tennessee ( Book )
2 editions published in 1839 in English and held by 9 libraries worldwide

Code of Tennessee. Enacted by the General assembly of 1857-'8 by Tennessee ( Book )
2 editions published in 1858 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide

Report to the General Assembly on the revised statutes by Return Jonathan Meigs ( Book )
1 edition published in 1857 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide

In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in general term : the United States of America, complainant, vs. Martin F. Morris et al., defendants : in equity, no. 10,306 by M. F Morris ( Book )
in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide

Letter] 1816 July 6 [to] Andrew Jackson by Return Jonathan Meigs ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
This document is a letter dated July 6, 1816 to Andrew Jackson from Return J. Meigs regarding the cession of Cherokee lands to the United States.

Cherokee Indian Agency, Tennessee, day book, 1801-1807 by United States ( Book )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Collection contains photocopy of the original daybook no. 2 kept by Return Jonathan Meigs and includes correspondence (1801-1802), financial records (1804-1807), and list of licenses to traders (1801-1802).

title(s) available in Evans by Return Jonathan Meigs ( Book )
in Undetermined and held by 1 library worldwide

Letter] 1813 Sep. 30, Highwassee [i.e. Hiwassee] Garrison [to] Major General John Cocke by Return Jonathan Meigs ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
This is a letter from Return J. Meigs, agent to the Cherokee Nation, to Major General John Cocke, dated September 3, 1813. Meigs writes that he thinks that the Cherokee who had volunteered to fight against the Creek should be put together and supervised by another Cherokee. The whole group should then come under the command of a United States citizen who is familiar with Cherokee fighting. He agrees with Governor Blount that the Cherokee expedition should be lead by Judge Cocke.

The code of Tennessee : enacted by the General Assembly of 1857-'8 by Tennessee ( Book )
1 edition published in 1858 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

Receipt for] books [bought from] Geo[rge] Hill, 1806 Jan. 16, Knoxville, [Tennessee ( Book )
1 edition published in 1806 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
This document is a receipt, dated January 16, 1806, for four books bought by Return J. Meigs, U.S. Agent to the Cherokee Nation, from George Hill.

Duplicate account of money paid the Cherokee nation on account of annuity, 1817 ( Book )
1 edition published in 1817 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
This is a copy of an account of funds disbursed to the Cherokee Nation relative to the annuity for 1817, under the authority of Return J. Meigs, U.S. agent to the Cherokees in Tennessee. The payments recorded primarily include subsistence and transportation expenses.

Journal of major Return Johnathan [sic] Meigs : copied from the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society to which it was given by Josiah Meigs by Return Jonathan Meigs ( Book )
1 edition published in 1931 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

John Aldrich Stephenson collection of papers of the Hand, Fiske, and Aldrich families, 1745-1966 ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Correspondence; diaries; journals; travel diaries; mss. of sermons, poems, essays, and other writings; business records; financial papers; printed works; biographical and genealogical materials; drawings and reproductions of paintings and photographs; and other papers, relating to members of the Hand, Fiske, and Aldrich families. Principal persons represented include Joseph Winborn Hand (1792-1844), solicitor in the U.S. Post Office Dept. and chief clerk in the Patent Office, of Washington, D.C.; his wife, the former Catherine Worthington Fowler (1801-1865); their daughter, Elizabeth Worthington Hand Fiske (1835-1919); Elizabeth's husband, Asa Severance Fiske (1833-1925), a Congregational clergyman; the Fiskes' daughter, Zoë Worthington Fiske Aldrich (1864-1942); and Zoë's husband, Morton Arnold Aldrich (1874-1956). Other family members represented include Elnathan Chauncy (1724-1796), clergyman, of Connecticut; Return Jonathan Meigs (1740-1823), Continental army officer and agent of the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs for the Cherokee Indians; Return Jonathan Meigs (1764-1824), U.S. senator and public official of Ohio; William Chauncey Fowler (1793-1881), author and professor at Middlebury College and Amherst College; and Samuel Wheelock Fiske (1828-1864), Congregational clergyman and Union army officer.

A journal of occurences which happened within my circle of observation : in the detatchment commanded by Col. Benedict Arnold, consisting of two battalions which were detached from the army at Cambridge, in the year 1775 by Return Jonathan Meigs ( Book )
1 edition published in 1814 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Concerns Meigs' experiences in the expedition against Quebec, 1775.

The Cherokee Indians by Return Jonathan Meigs ( Book )
1 edition published in 1816 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

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American Civil War (1861-1865)‍ American Revolution (1775-1783)‍ Annuities‍ Archives‍ Arkansas Arnold, Benedict,--1741-1801‍ Bache, A. D.--1806-1867‍ Ball, Joseph,--1721-1796‍ Biography‍ Canada Canadian Invasion (1775-1776)‍ Catalogs‍ Cherokee Indians‍ Cherokee Indians--Government relations‍ Cherokee Indians--Land tenure‍ Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma‍ Clark, William,--1770-1838‍ Connecticut Connecticut--New Haven Fishing boats‍ Georgia Graham, George,--1770-1830‍ Hawkins, Benjamin,--1754-1816‍ History‍ Indemnity‍ Indexes‍ Indian agents‍ Indians of North America‍ Indians of North America--Government relations‍ Indian traders‍ Law‍ Law reports, digests, etc.‍ Laws, etc. (Tennessee)‍ Local history‍ Lost tribes of Israel‍ Meigs, Return Jonathan,--1740-1823‍ Ohio Overton, John,--1766-1833‍ Personal narratives‍ Political science‍ Records and correspondence‍ Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe,--1793-1864‍ Smith, Daniel,--1748-1818‍ Sources‍ Southern States‍ Tennessee Tennessee, East‍ Tennessee--Fort Southwest Point‍ Treaties‍ United States

Alternative Names

Meigs, R. J. (Return Jonathan), 1740-1823

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English (103)
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