- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1786 Oct. 25, Shoulder Bone [to] Edward Telfair, Governor [of Georgia] / John Habersham
- Creator:
- Habersham, John
- Date of Original:
- 1786-10-25
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Treaties
Hostages - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter, dated October 25, 1786, from John Habersham, Chairman of the Board of Indian Commissioners, to Governor Edward Telfair of Georgia respecting the preparations and negotiations preceding a treaty to be signed with the Creek Indians at Shoulder Bone (Creek), Georgia. Habersham informs Governor Telfair that the Creeks have reluctantly decided to hand over five hostages and the treaty will be signed as soon as the goods are received. Talks related to the treaty proceedings also appear in the Southeastern Native American Documents Database in documents: tcc117, tcc118, and tcc119.
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:
- tcc116
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc116
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc116#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc116/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:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 77, folder 22, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Sir,
Shoulder Bone,
October 25th, 1786.
I had the honor of receiving your letter of the 20th instant, with sundry inclosures [enclosures], which were immediately laid before the Board of Commissioners.
Your Honor will herewith receive inclosed [enclosed] copies of the Talks which have passed between the Commissioners and the Indians. Since ours of the 23d. [23rd], we have had every reason to conclude that our endeavors to bring about a Treaty on terms that would insure the future tranquility of the State would have proved abortive, until this evening, when the Indians sent to inform us that they would agree to give up five [added text: of their People as ] Hostages, whom, as your Honor will observe, we had demanded for that important end. They pointedly refused a compliance with this demand for two days, and we parted with them this morning [deleted text: until ] under a persuasion that no Treaty would take place, and that we had taken a final leave.
After the arrival of the Goods we shall have the Treaty signed, and every
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other necessary matter done without delay that the State may be relieved from the present load of expence [expense], incurred by keeping together so large a body of Troops in the Field. --
I have the honor to be, Sir,
your most humble [unclear text: Serv't [Servant] ]
[Signed] John Habersham .
Chairman [unclear text: B.C.- [Board of Commissioners] ]
His Honor Edward Telfair, [illegible text] Governor
& c. [et cetera]
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No.7-
Talks between the Commissioners & the Indians at Shoulderbone. --
[illegible text] Indian affairs
1786