United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Crawford, William Harris, 1772-18341819-09-25Letter 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.text/htmlimage/jpegkrc070engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 06, folder 08, document 01.Creek Indians--Land tenureCreek Indians--ClaimsCreek Indians--Government relationsIndian agents[Letter] 1819 Sept. 25, Treasury Department, [Washington, D.C. to] David B. Mitchell / W[illia]m H. CrawfordText