- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Receipt for payment to] Jesse McCall [by] the State of Georgia, 1804 Dec. 11
- Date of Original:
- 1804-12-11
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Land tenure
Creek Nation
Boundaries - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- receipts (financial records)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a receipt for funds paid to Jesse McCall by the state of Georgia for his services as commissioner, for running a temporary boundary line between the state of Georgia and the Creek Nation, and for demanding of the Creek Indians property alleged to have been stolen from the people of Georgia. Dated December 11, 1804.
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:
- tcc239
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc239
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc239#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc239/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 22, document 02.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
a/c [account]
Jesse McCall
for services as commissioner for running the temporary boundary in
1804 & for demanding of the Creek Indians property taken by them from the Citizens of Georgia
Order taken
31st October 1805
Page: [2]
The State of Georgia
To Jesse McCall [unclear text: Dr ] to [unclear text: 112 ] days attending as a Commissioner to superintend the Running of the boundray [boundary] line between the state of Georgia and the Creek Nation of Indian
[unclear text: To ] 53 days going and returning to said nation as a commissioner [document damaged: on ] [unclear text: the ] part of the state to demand a restitution of all Negroes and other property taken and detained contrary to several existing Treaties
Louisville
December 11th 1804
42 days at $3. pr. day $126 - due
53 " @ $3. " 159
deduct 33 dollars & [added text: 50 cts. ] [unclear text: this ] balance remaining in Mr McCalls [unclear text: hands ] of the sum advanced him to bear his expences [expenses] in the last mentioned mission 33.50
$125.50 -due