- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1784 July 21, Augusta [to] the Governor and members of the Council for the state of Georgia / James Rae
- Creator:
- Rae, James
- Date of Original:
- 1784-07-21
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Treaties
- 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 July 21, 1784, from James Rae to the Governor of Georgia and the Council. Rae asks for compensation for duties performed and supplies furnished for the Indians on behalf of the State during the signing of a recent unnamed treaty.
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:
- tcc274
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc274
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc274#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc274/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:
- 1 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 39, folder Houston II 24, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
July 21, 1784
To his Hounour [Honor] the Governor
And the honourable [honorable] the Members of the Council
For the State of Georgia
The Memorial of James Rae Humbly sheweth [shows] That some Time last June, was twelve Months. Your Memorialist made out, and laid before the Honourable [Honorable] House of Assembly a State of his Account with the Publick [Public] for sundry supplies furnished the Indians on the Country service both before and at the Treaty of the late Cession of Lands Which Account was ordered payments as will appear upon the Minutes of Assembly and Your Memorial having also purchased of Mr. Garrett some of the Supplies which with many other contingencies having been paid up out of his private property & nothing hath ever been received by him for any Services rendered since the commencement of his appointment Superintendant [Superintendent] of Indian Affairs and which your Memorialist Requests to inform your Honours [Honors] that they now feel rightly with him, & as almost every other Person has been advanced their Demands against the State
Therefore Your Memorialist Requests that Your Honour [Honor] will be pleased to take into their consideration [illegible text] Request of his account being provided payment as soon as possible
And Your Memorialist as in Duty bound will ever pray
[Signed] James Rae
Augusta
21st July 1784