[Patterson, Matthew]:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED, ON THE 7TH ULTIMO, THE MEMORIAL OF MATTHEW PATTERSON, AND SUNDRY OTHER PERSONS, RESIDING ON THE WESTERN BORDERS OF NORTH AND SOUTH-CAROLINA. 7TH APRIL, 1800. ORDERED TO LIE ON THE TABLE. 8TH APRIL 1800. COMMITTED TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE, ON THURSDAY NEXT. [PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES].

[Philadelphia: 1800]. 6pp, disbound. Very Good.

The petition involved a strip of land along the French Broad River, originally owned by the Cherokees and upon which Matthew Patterson and several dozen other families had settled. By Treaty of 1798, the Cherokees ceded this land to the United States. The settlers, now squatters on public lands of the U.S., sought to bring themselves under the jurisdiction of South Carolina. Their request appears reasonable to the Committee, which recommends that the strip be ceded to that State.
Despite this recommendation, South Carolina wanted no part of the cession; the area was well-known for lawlessness and ungovernability. After a brief skirmish between North Carolina and Georgia, both of which had claimed it for their own, the land ended up as part of North Carolina.
Evans 38865. Not in De Renne, Turnbull, Thornton. Item #23522

Price: $350.00