United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181785-03-15This document is an extract from the minutes of the Georgia Executive Council dated March 15, 1785 and prepared by George Handley, secretary of the council and later Governor of Georgia (1788-1789). The extract relates to an act recently passed respecting land within the state and the appointment of Major General (Lachlan?) McIntosh, Colonel Elijah Clarke, and Colonel (Benjamin?) Hawkins as commissioners for enacting the resolution. In addition, the Governor of Georgia, Samuel Elbert (1785-1786) is directed to appoint a commissioner to meet with the Creek Indians respecting the boundary line.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/jpegkrc096engMode 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 12, folder 07, document 01.Creek Indians--Land tenureBoundariesIndian agentsGeorgia--Politics and government--1775-1865Extract from the minutes [of the] Executive Council [of Georgia], 1785 Mar. 15Text