- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Legal opinion in the case of] Benjamin Harrison, 1796 Feb. 23, Louisville, [Georgia] / [signed by] Henry G. Caldwell, D[avid] B. Mitchell, Ben[jamin] Taliaferro, [and] Peter L. Van Alen
- Date of Original:
- 1796-02-23
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Crimes against
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- legal documents
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Legal opinion of Henry G. Caldwell, David B. Mitchell, Benjamin Taliaferro, and Peter L. Van Alen in the case of Benjamin Harrison. Harrison had been charged in the murder of several Indians who were deemed friendly to the state. The opinion states that any murder of a "friendly Indian" is indeed considered murder and is punishable in the same manner as the murder of a white person. Dated February 23, 1796.
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:
- tcc007
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc007
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc007#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc007/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:
- 1 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 07.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Louisville, State House
In the Case of Benjamin Harrison, now in Custody, charged with the Murder of certain Friendly Indians on the Frontiers of this State, Refered [Referred] to us for a legal [deleted text: [illegible text] ] [added text: opinion ] thereon --
We are of opinion that Killing of any [added text: friendly ] Indian or Indians within the Limits of this State is declared Murder and punishable in the same Manner as if the party Killing such Indian or Indians had Killed any white Inhabitant thereof and recommend that he be sent to the County where the offence was committed with an Executive Order to some Justice of the Peace of said County, to take Bond with sufficient Security for his Appearance at the next Superior Court to be held for the County, Provided that such Bond hath [has] not already been legally taken and [illegible text]
[Signed] Ben Taliaferro
[Signed] D. B. Mitchell
[Signed] Peter L. Van Alen
[Signed] Henry G Caldwell
23rd February 1796