- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1841 Feb. 4, Washington, D.C., [to] John Fontaine, Columbus, Georgia / Joseph Bryan
- Creator:
- Bryan, Joseph
- Date of Original:
- 1841-02-04
- Subject:
- Creek Indians
Indian land transfers - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated February 4, 1841 from Joseph Bryan in Washington, D.C. to John Fontaine, a prominent merchant and former mayor of Columbus, Georgia. Bryan refers to a section of land that was formerly part of the Broken Arrow Town, a Creek Indian settlement. This property, according to General Sanford's book of land certification, was sold and certified to Fontaine. Bryan indicates that a claim, possibly fraudulent, has been made on that section of land, and he asks Fontaine for a copy of his deed to prove ownership.
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:
- jft009
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_jft009
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_jft009#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_jft009/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], John Fontaine Papers, 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, John Fontaine Papers, box 02, folder 1841 February, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Washington
February 4th. 1841
Dear Sir.
Upon examination of the list of lands reported as unsold I find on the list of the Broken arrow Town No. 113 [illegible text] S. 36.18.27. Upon farther examination I have found that this contract is entered on Genl. [General] Sanfords Book of certification as sold & certified to you. Some person has filed a claim under an uncertified deed, which I imagine is a fraudulent claim. My object in writing this is to ask you whether you claim the land & if so, to inform you that it will be necessary for you to have a copy deed made out, if you cannot find the copy kept by Genl. [General] Sanford & have it sworn to and also that the original is lost. By doing this you can save the land. The entry of certification is in Genl. [General] Sanfords own hand writing -- Please let me hear from you.
Your friend
[Signed] Joseph Bryan
Jno [John] Fontaine Esq. [Esquire]
Page: [2]
[ Note: A postmark appears on the upper left of the page.; WASHINGTON CITY D.C.
Feb [February] 4 ] [ Note: A stamp appears just to the right of the postmark.; FREE ]
[illegible text]
John Fontaine Esq [Esquire] Columbus Georgia
Joseph Bryan
Jany [January] 1841