- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Extract from minutes [of] the Board of Commissioners [of] Indian Affairs, 1786 Oct. 10, Augusta, [Georgia]
- Date of Original:
- 1786-10-07
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Treaties
Indians of North America--Government relations - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- legal documents
minutes (administrative records) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is an extract from the minutes of the Board of Commissioners of Indian Affairs at Augusta, Georgia, dated October 7, 1786. The legal opinions presented relate to the regular pay of the militia, the pay of the commissioners of Indian affairs, and relations with the surrounding Indian nation(s). The extract was prepared by James M. Stewart.
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:
- tcc208
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc208
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc208#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc208/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:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 78, folder 12, document 07.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Board of Commissioners Augusta
Octr. [October] 7 1786
The Board having taken into their consideration the Communication from the Honorable the Executive of the 5th Instant, do give the following Opinions on the matters contained therein. to wit.
First. "For three months pay for fifteen hundred men and Officers." It is the Opinion of this Board, that no [added text: Special ] appropiation [appropriation] being made by the Assembly for the payment of the Militia and the uncertainty of their [there] being a suffeciencey [sufficiency] of money for that purpose make it necessary to defer that matter for the present.
Secondly "The daily pay of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs when required. -- " The Commissioners will defer soliciting payment for their Services at present.
Thirdly "Making provision for such Indians as shall adhere to the State in the event of hostilities. -- " The Board are of Opinion this Subject will be better understood
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and considered after a Conference is had with the Indians & therefore recommend that it be postponed.
Fourthly. "The subject of declaring the State to be in a State of Alarm. -- " The late favorable accounts from the Indian Nation and other Circumstances induce the Board to recommend that the State be not now declared in a State of Alarm. --
Extract from the Minutes
[Signed] Jas. [James] M. Stewart [illegible text]
Communication
Commissioners of the
Board appointed
to treat with Creek Indians
7 October 1786 Order to be filed 9 Instant.
Indian Affairs