- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1819 Sept. 25, Treasury Department, [Washington, D.C. to] David B. Mitchell / W[illia]m H. Crawford
- Creator:
- Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834
- Date of Original:
- 1819-09-25
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Land tenure
Creek Indians--Claims
Creek Indians--Government relations
Indian agents - 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 from William H. Crawford, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to David B. Mitchell (Governor of Georgia, 1809-1813, 1815-1817 and U.S. Agent to the Creeks, 1817-1821) dated September 25, 1819. Crawford discusses the receipt of several correspondences relative to Creek land claims. He advises Mitchell to give claimants certificates of confirmation for their claims and have surveys conducted where necessary, and he states that the land office at St. Stephens, (Alabama ?) was directed to cancel sale of land confirmed to Indian claimants since it was sold illegally.
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:
- krc070
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc070
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc070#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc070/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 06, folder 08, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Treasury Department
25th Sept. 1819
Sir.
Your letter of the 13th inst. [instant] accompanied by the evidence which you had taken in relation to the Creek land claims, & which had been improperly transmitted has been recd. [received] by this day's mail. In the report has been found the letter of the 9th ult. [ultimo] which you state has not been recd. [received] It had been placed in the report without being folded, and had not been discovered by you. It is now returned enclosed.
You will find in it a solution of some of the questions propounded in your letter of the 13th inst. [instant]
It will be proper for you to give
Page: [2]
to the claimants, a certificate of the confirmation of their claims, and where surveys are necessary to cause them to be made.
The receiver of register of the land office at St. Stephens have been directed to cancel the sale of the land which had been confirmed to Indian claimants, & which had therefore been improperly sold.
I remain with respect your most obt servt. [obedient servant]
[Signed] Wm [William] H Crawford
David B. Mitchell Esquire Creek Agent.