In this letter to Andrew Jackson (then serving as a Senator from Tennessee), Sampson Williams asks his friend Jackson to use his influence to prevent Congress from converting Fort Blount into a trading post. Although Williams acknowledges that the "Establishment of a trading post at Fort Blount ... will be of great advantage and convenience to the Indians," he feels that it cannot be done under the present establishment because both parties have been violating the treaty. According to Williams' information, approximately 500 white families settled on Cherokee land and so provoked Cherokee retaliation, thus necessitating the militia's continued presence at the fort. Williams hopes, however, that the current Congress will take measures to improve the situation so that the proposed post can be established.