- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1826 Jan. 26, Montgomery, Ala[bama to] G[eorge] M. Troup, [Governor of Georgia], Millidgeville [sic], Georgia / Stephen Hawkins
- Creator:
- Hawkins, Stephen
- Date of Original:
- 1826-01-26
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Claims against
Hawkins, Benjamin, fl. 1826 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Letter dated January 26, 1826 from Stephen Hawkins to George M. Troup, Governor of Georgia (1823-1827), concerning the safety of Hawkins' son Ben (not to be confused with the U.S. Agent to the Creeks who died in 1816). Hawkins says that he was informed by "friendly" (Creek ?) Indians that his son is disliked among some "hostile" Indians, and he asks the governor to warn his son of possible danger before he travels back home through the (Creek ?) Nation. Hawkins also mentions that he has been engaged in attempting to recover property allegedly stolen from his sons by the Indians.
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:
- cmt016
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cmt016
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cmt016#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cmt016/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:
- 4 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 16, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Montgomery Ala [Alabama] -
January 26th 1826
Hond. [Honored] Sir
The great anxiety I feel for the safety of my son Ben is the only apology I can offer you for this address - Since his departure from this state to Washington City I have applied to the Indians to restore the property of My Two Sons which was sequestered by them and they have absolutely refused in many Instances to restore it to me who is authorized to collect it for them and they have restrained me from removing such as I had collected together the Indians friendly to us informs me that they are hostile disposed towards my son Ben - and have threatend [threatened] [deleted text: [illegible text] ] [added text: to treat him ] ill on his return home -- I hope you will do me the favour [favor] to communicate
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this information to him on his return from Washington City - he will be certain to call in Milledgeville and will probably see you there, and he can then act with caution in passing through the Nation to this state
I am Yr [Your] [illegible text] with respect
[Signed] Stephen Hawkins
His Exc [Excellency] G [George] M Troup
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Stephen Hawkins
26 Jany [January] 1826.
Indian Affairs
Page: [4]
[ Note: A postmark stamp appears on the page.; MONTG [Montgomery] AL.
JAN 28 ]
18 3/4
His Excellency G [George] M Troup Millidgeville Georgia
mail [illegible text]