- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] of correspondence [promoting the] education of the Creek Indian children
- Date of Original:
- 1740/1842
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Education
Choctaw Indians
Cherokee Indians
Chickasaw Indians - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Undated letter of correspondence lauding the Creek Indians' intention to educate their children and allot money for that purpose, following the example of the Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Cherokees.
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:
- krc025
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc025
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc025#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc025/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:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 13, folder 46, document 02.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Indian Civilization.
It will appear from the following correspondence that the Creek Indians are alive to the great object of educating their Children; and that the deligation [delegation] [added text: recently ] [deleted text: now ] in Washington has appointed twenty four thousand Dollars [added text: of their means ] to de disposed of under the direction of the President of the U. States in promoting it. We see in this much to admire. [deleted text: [illegible text] ] Those [added text: Indians ] are made sensible of the [deleted text: [unclear text: utility ] ] [added text: necessity ] of education, and feeling the need of it themselves, they seek to confer its advantages, & its blessings, upon their offspring. The Creeks [added text: have ] followed the Choctaws, -- & they the Chickasaws, & these again the Cherokees, all of whom have allotted large annuities for the same object. [unclear text: Thus ] the four great Southern Tribes have acted in
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concert, and upon a subject [deleted text: [unclear text: to ] ] which is highly interesting to Humanity, and honorable to themselves.