- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1826 Apr. 3, Department of War, Off[ice of] Indian Affairs, to Opothle Yoholo and other members of the Creek Delegation / Tho[mas] L. McKenney
- Creator:
- McKenney, Thomas L. (Thomas Loraine), 1785-1859
- Date of Original:
- 1826-04-03
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Treaties
Education - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Copy of a letter written by Thomas L. McKenney, Secretary of Indian Affairs, to Opothle Yoholo and the Creek delegation, in which he acknowledges the Creeks' appropriation of twenty four thousand dollars from the proceeds of a recent unnamed treaty (ostensibly the Treaty of Washington, January 24, 1826) to go toward the education of Creek children at the Choctaw Academy in Blue Springs, Kentucky, under the direction of the Baptist General Convention. McKenney conveys the approbation of the President and the Department of War. Letter dated April 3, 1826.
Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- krc006
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc006
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc006#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc006/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Keith Read, 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, Keith Read, box 06, folder 20, document 06.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Copy.
Department of War Off: [Office ] Indian Affairs
3rd. April 1826.
To O Poth le Yoholo, and other -- Members of the Creek Delegation.
Friends & Brothers,
Your letter to the Secretary of War of the 1st. Inst. [Instant] is received, in which you have assigned Twenty four thousand Dollars of the proceeds of the Treaty recently executed by you, for the education of your Children, at the Choctaw Academy, at the Blue Springs, in Kentucky, under the direction of the Baptist General Convention. The Secretary of War directs me to convey to you the high approbation of your Great Father, as also of his own, of an act which reflects so much credit upon the intelligence of the Creeks, and attachment to the best interests of their offspring; and directs also, that I prepare regulations for the Government of those funds, for your sanction and his approval. I am prepared to submit the same to your Secretaries to whom the execution of the specific arrangements are referr'd [referred] by you,
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at any time when it may suit their convenience to call at my office.
Your friend & Brother,
[Signed] Tho: [Thomas] L. McKenney.
Page: [3]
Creeks