United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009Georgia. Governor (1780-1781 : Heard)1781-03-02This document is a letter dated March 2, 1781 from Stephen Heard, de facto Governor of Georgia (1780), to an unknown recipient. Heard details troop movements and battles associated with the Revolutionary War, specifically describing attempts to secure upper South Carolina and Georgia for the Americans. He discusses Tory activity in both states and lauds the bravery of revolutionary troops from North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Heard also mentions a convention of Creek and Cherokee Indians assembled in Augusta, Georgia for the purpose of negotiating a treaty with the British. He indicates that the Americans attacked the treaty parties, killing a number of Indians.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/jpegkrc098engMode 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 46, document 01.Creek Indians--TreatiesCherokee--TreatiesUnited States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, Indian[Letter] 1781 Mar. 2, Henry County, Virginia / Stephen HeardText