- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1822 Mar. 19, Department of War [to] Gen[era]l D[avid] B. Mitchell, Mount Nebo near Milledgeville, G[eorgi]a / J[ohn] C. Calhoun
- Creator:
- Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
- Date of Original:
- 1822-03-19
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Treaties
Creek Indians--Government relations
United States. Office of Indian Affairs
Annuities - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter from John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War (1817-1825), to former Creek Indian agent David B. Mitchell, dated March 19, 1822. Calhoun informs Mitchell that the accounts recently submitted for the expense of unnamed articles delivered to the Cusseta chiefs in preparation for the Treaty of Indian Springs (signed January 8, 1821) have been approved and the requested amount will be remitted. Calhoun remarks, however, that the other expenses of influential leader William McIntosh and the Creek deputation were not authorized and will therefore be deducted from the Creek annuity.
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:
- krc060
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc060
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc060#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc060/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 04, folder 11, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Department of War,
19: March, 1822.
Sir,
I have received your letter of the
25th January last, and have allowed the account which accompanied it for articles delivered to the Cussetau Chiefs, preparatory to the late treaty concluded with the Creek nation.
Your explanation respecting the $5000- paid to McIntosh and the deputation from the Creek nation, early in
1820, while in Washington, is satisfactory as relates to yourself, and I have directed that sum to be remitted to your credit. But as it was never intended by the Department that the expenses of that Deputation should be paid by the Government, the amount will be charged to the Creek annuity for this year.
I have the honor to be, Your obedt. Servt. [obedient Servant]
[Signed] J. [John] C. Calhoun Genl. [General] D. [David] B. Mitchell, Mount Nebo near Milledgeville, Ga.
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War Department
19th March 1822