- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1790 July 21, Augusta, [Georgia to] Doct[o]r George Jones, Savannah, [Georgia] / Ja[me]s Meriwether
- Creator:
- Meriwether, James
- Date of Original:
- 1790-07-21
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Crimes against
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- James Meriwether writes from Augusta, Georgia to George Jones, a Savannah politician, on July 21, 1790 concerning a business transaction. He mentions that settlers have been committing "outrages" on unnamed Indians, expresses his opposition to such criminal activity, and recommends active attempts to bring the perpetrators to justice. Meriwether encloses a proclamation (no longer attached) relative to the attacks upon 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. - Local Identifier:
- krc124
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc124
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc124#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc124/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:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 18, folder 40, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Augusta
21 July 1790
Dear Sir
Yours of the 12th instant with its enclosures, by Mr Cumming, I have received and shall take the earliest opportunity of transacting the business with Majr [Major] Porter, as soon as I receive the Money shall advise you thereof.
I have enclosed you a proclamation by which you will observe that, some ill disposed persons have been committing outrages on the Indians, what the consequences [document folded: will be ] time only can determine, it certainly becomes the duty of every well wisher to this Country to discontenance [discountenance] such diabolical practices- and to be active
Page: [2]
in bringing the offenders to justice. [illegible text]
Yours Sincerely
[Signed] J [James] Meriwether
Page: [3]
Doctr [Doctor] George Jones Savannah
Jas. [James] Meriwether Esqr.
Datd. [Dated]
21st. July 1790 in answer to my letter of 12th Inst. [Instant]
Noted