United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434Thomson, Claud1785-11-26This document is a letter, dated November 26, 1785, from a surveyor named Claud Thomson to John Morell, president of the Executive Council of the State of Georgia, requesting remuneration for his delivery of maps to General McIntosh and Colonel Hawkins for the purposes of negotiating a treaty with the Cherokee Indians. The maps detailed the boundaries of Franklin, Wilkes, Washington, and Richmond counties, as well as the borders of South Carolina, Georgia, the Cherokee Nation, and disputed Creek Indian lands.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.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc089engMode 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, Telamon Cuyler, box 77, folder 14, document 01.Cherokee Indians--TreatiesCreek Indians--Land tenureBoundaries[Letter] 1785 Nov. 26, Savannah [to] John Morell / Claud ThomsonText