- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Affidavit of] Richard Call, 1789 Oct. 4, Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 1789-10-04
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Treaties
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- affidavits
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is an affidavit of Richard Call who was present at the signing of the Shoulder Bone Treaty between the United States and the Creek Nation of Indians, on November 3, 1786. Call states that, to his knowledge, no coercion was used in the negotiation of the treaty. The statement was sworn before Robert Forsyth, a Justice of the Peace in Augusta, Georgia, whose signature also appears on the document, dated October 4, 1789.
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:
- tcc237
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc237
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc237#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc237/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 21, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Georgia.
Richard Call, esquire, late an officer of the army [deleted text: of the united ] of the United States, and Colonel of Horse of the said State of Georgia, being duly sworn, saith, that he attended the Treaty of Shoulder bone in the year
1786 in the latter capacity; and, while he conceives that the alternative of the meeting was to agree upon a peace, or prepare for an ultimate war, he does not recollect or believe there were any threats tending to intimidate those that attended into a Treaty against their will and consent: On the contrary, he verily thinks that the same was carried on in the usual form, conduct and manner of treaties with Indians; and was ratified, [deleted text: and ] the parting made [added text: was ] with the customary marks of friendship after such occasions.
[Signed] Richard Call
Sworn, before me at Augusta, this
4th October 1789
[Signed] Robr. [Robert] Forsyth J. P. [Justice of the Peace]
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Affidavit
Richard Call
4th October 1789
Treaties