MAKE A MEME View Large Image Brainerd Mission map.jpg A beautiful example of Finley's important 1827 map of Tennessee Depicts the state with moderate detail in Finley's classic minimalist style Shows river ways roads canals and some topographical features Offers color ...
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Keywords: Brainerd Mission map.jpg A beautiful example of Finley's important 1827 map of Tennessee Depicts the state with moderate detail in Finley's classic minimalist style Shows river ways roads canals and some topographical features Offers color coding at the county level Title and scale in upper left quadrant Finley's map of Tennessee is particularly interesting and important due to its portrayal of the rapidly changing American Indian situation in the south eastern part of the state In 1827 a substantial part of southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia was a confined territory assigned to the Lower Creek and Cherokee nations Finley's map details the borders of this country as defined by the Tennessee and Hiwasssee Rivers Also notes American Indian villages and missionary stations including the Brainerd Mission within and adjacent to the Cherokee territory Just four years after this map was made the Creek and Cherokee would forcibly relocated westward in the infamous Trail of Tears Engraved by Young and Delleker for the 1827 edition of Anthony Finley's General Atlas 1827 undated Size in 11 5 9 object history credit line accession number Tennessee-finley-1827 1827_Finley_Map_of_Tennessee_-_Geographicus_-_Tennessee-finley-1827 jpg 2011-03-29 19 53 UTC 1827_Finley_Map_of_Tennessee_-_Geographicus_-_Tennessee-finley-1827 jpg Anthony Finley derivative work StAnselm <span class signature-talk >talk</span> cropped to focus on Brainerd Mission StAnselm 1827_Finley_Map_of_Tennessee_-_Geographicus_-_Tennessee-finley-1827 jpg PD-old Original upload log This image is a derivative work of the following images File 1827_Finley_Map_of_Tennessee_-_Geographicus_-_Tennessee-finley-1827 jpg licensed with Cc-pd-mark-footer PD-Art PD-old 2011-03-23T08 49 49Z BotMultichillT 3000x2279 1612542 Bytes <nowiki> A beautiful example of Finley's important</nowiki> Uploaded with derivativeFX 1827 maps Maps by Anthony Finley Old maps of Tennessee Brainerd Mission
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