- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1789 May 31, Rebel Town, [to] the Governor [of Georgia ?] / John Twiggs
- Creator:
- Twiggs, John, fl. 1789
- Date of Original:
- 1789-05-31
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Claims against
Georgia. Militia - People:
- Walton, George, 1749 or 1750-1804--Correspondence
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- petitions
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated May 31, 1789 from John Twiggs in Rebel Town addressed to the Governor (probably the Governor of Georgia, George Walton) stating that Colonel Irwin visited his home and informed him that unnamed Indians had recently killed a man in the area and that signs of other Indians had been seen nearby. Twiggs says that the inhabitants are alarmed and he thinks that they should immediately raise a force to protect themselves against the Indians. He requests supplies on behalf of Colonel Irwin and asks the governor to send orders to help them protect the inhabitants of this frontier area.
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:
- cmt003
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cmt003
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cmt003#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cmt003/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:
- 3 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 03, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Rebel Town
Sunday Night May 31st 89
Dear Sir/
when I got home I found Colo. [Colonel] Irwin at my hous [house] he informed me that on Monday the 18th Instant, the Indians killed a Mr Jones at [unclear text: Kamps ] fort and a few days after there was the Sign of 14 or 15 more Seen in the Settlement the party that Killed Jones carried off with them a head of horses and a riffle [rifle] Gun [deleted text: and [illegible text] ] the Colo. [Colonel] Is of opinion that the Indians are Still amongst them, I thought it prudent for the Colo. [Colonel] to Return imediatly [immediately], as a Number of the inhabitants are Still at there [their] homes, [deleted text: [illegible text] ] from the Inteligence [Intelligence] from Colo [Colonel] Irwin and from
Page: [2]
the appearence [appearance] of the hostile Intentions of the Indians on the whole line of frontiers we have not a moment to looss [lose] in Colecting [Collecting] a force Sufficent [Sufficient] to Check the progress of the Enemy, and to Chastiss [Chastise] them for there [their] Insolence the Colo. [Colonel] Requests that a Suply [Supply] of Powder and Lead may be Sent to him as soon as possible, I Shall wate [wait] your orders and hope that Something desided [decided] will be done for the protection of the frontiers,
Sir I am with Esteem
your Humble Sevt [Servant]
[Signed] John Twiggs
Page: [3]
His Honour [Honor] the Governor
Geo [George] Walton
John Twiggs
May 31. 1789
Indian depredations