- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1815 Mar. 23, to his Excellency the Governor of Georgia, Milledgeville / Drury Williams
- Creator:
- Williams, Drury
- Date of Original:
- 1815-03-23
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Georgia
Indians of North America--Claims against - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Twiggs County, 32.6672, -83.42708
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter from Drury Williams, of Twiggs County (Georgia), to the Governor of Georgia (possibly Peter Early, 1813-1815), dated March 23, 1815. Williams reports that Indians have made frequent attacks on his plantation. He inquires of the governor how he will be reimbursed for the lost property and what larger steps shall be taken with respect to Indian attacks.
Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- tcc005
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc005
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc005#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc005/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 4 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 77, folder 32, document 05.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Letter from Drury Williams
dated
23 March 1815
Indian War
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To his Excellancy [Excellency] The Gov. [Governor] of Georgia Milledgeville
12
Marion
[illegible text] March [deleted text: 1815 ]
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To his Excellency
the Governor of Georgia
Sir, this is to inform you that the Indians have lately been tresspassing [trespassing] on my plantation in Twiggs County, by stealing and taking away out of my Crib near one hundred bushels Corn, and have also taken all the [unclear text: lead ] except two off my [unclear text: seine ] and have greatly damaged the [unclear text: seine ] thereby, as it never puts it out of my [illegible text] any more Fish this Season
your Excellancy [Excellency] therefore will confer a singular favour [favor] on me and render me an essential service by informing me by the return of Major Larson, when if ever, and in what manner I am to be satisfied for the loss of my property, and allow what steps are to be taken with the Indians for the future,
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when they will [illegible text] over this side of the River. -- the charges above stated can easily be proved.
I am Sir very respectfully
[Signed] Drury Williams
March 23rd 1815
P.S. about 70 or 80 Indians are constantly here doing mischief such as Stealing, killing cattle for their skins &c. [et cetera ] --