- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1786 May 23, [to] Governor [of Georgia, Edward Telfair], [Au]gusta, Georgia / Capt[ain] Joshua Inman
- Creator:
- Inman, Joshua
- Date of Original:
- 1786-05-23
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Claims against
Military assistance - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- petitions
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated May 23, 1786 from Captain Joshua Inman to the Governor of Georgia (probably Edward Telfair, 1786-1787) stating that citizens in his area are being driven off their farms by local Indians. He says that he has not yet taken up arms against the Indians but anticipates more trouble to come and asks for the governor's help.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- cmt001
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cmt001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cmt001#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cmt001/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], C. Mildred Thompson, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, C. Mildred Thompson, box 01, folder 01, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Honnourble [Honorable] Sir
we have Grate A Larms hear [Great Alarms here] a the peo [document damaged: ple ] Drove of [off] from there [their] small farmes [farms] the Indians s [document damaged] [illegible text] to be very sassy I have not taken my Gun in m [document damaged: y ] hand yet waiting for the Motion of the Honnur [document damaged: able ] Council and Assemble [Assembly] as I am partly shore [sure] [document damaged] that there will be a ware [war] without some a [document damaged] stope [stop] to the [unclear text: persedints ] now in hand they h [document damaged] been with ten miles of me and has [document damaged] severl famelys [several families] I shall be Glad to heare [hear] [illegible text] [document damaged] your Honnour be for [Honor before] I tak [take] up my Gun but [document damaged] Cannot suffer them Come much niere [near] this [document damaged]
yuor [your] Ever well wishing frind [friend]
[Signed] Joshua Inman
May the 23d 1786
Page: [2]
His Honnour [Honor] the Govaner [Governor] at Gusta [Augusta]
Letter from Capt. [Captain] Inman & answer
23 May 1786
Indian Depredations