- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- The memorial of sundry inhabitants of the counties of McIntosh, Liberty, Bryan, and Montgomery [to] George Mathews
- Date of Original:
- 1787/17888
- Subject:
- Indians of North America
Boundaries - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018 - Medium:
- petitions
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a petition, or memorial, signed by a number of Georgia citizens, from the counties of Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, and Montgomery, respecting outposts along the border with the Indian country. The petitioners express the opinion that the outposts are not adequate to defend the counties they are designated to protect. The memorial is not dated but it is directed to Georgia Governor George Mathews (1787-1788). The petition was signed by a number of important figures including Jared Irwin, and David B. Mitchell.
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:
- tcc283
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc283
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc283#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc283/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:
- 4 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 40A, folder Mathews Petitions, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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[added text (appears to be different ink and hand): no & [unclear text: all ] ] The memorial of sundry inhabitants of the counties of McIntosh, Liberty, Bryan, & Montgomery
respectfully sheweth [show]
That the Posts which have been established within their respective [unclear text: [deleted text: s ] ] counties are inadequate to the protection of their in habitants [inhabitants], but they are persuaded some of them from an accurate knowledge of the country and others from the best information which they can collect, that [unclear text: five ] Posts well secured and supplied with provisions might be erected in such situations as would afford ample protection or support to the inhabitants of the lower part of Great Ogeechie, if both the Canouchie settlements of the counties of Mc Intosh, Liberty, [added text: Montgomery ] and Bryan and indeed of all the settlements on the North side of the Alatamaha. The situations to which they refer are 1st Doctor's Town, on the south side of that river, 2d Beard's bluff on the north side 3, the high bluff at the mouth of the Ohoopie, 4th the long bluff near the forks of the Oconee and Oakmulgee [added text: 5th Berryhills Bluff on the Oconey ] The distance from the first to the second of these places is between twelve and fifteen miles, from the second to the third is sixteen miles, from that to the fourth is eighteen miles [added text: from that to the 5th 20 miles ] so that if these Posts
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were well supplied with provisions and forage, the horse that might be established at them would be able to keep up a constant intercourse and to [deleted text: keep ] act speedily in conjunction whenever such a step should be necessary. Besides, this good effect these Posts would be proper places for the militia to resort to in cases of alarm, and by deriving their supplies immediately from them they would avoid the delays which are usual on such occasions and be enabled to pursue the enemy with sufficient dispatch should we at length [deleted text: [illegible text] ] be obliged to adopt an [unclear text: offer ] mode of warfare these Posts would be found very convenient in aiding the first movements of an army towards the Indian Country.
And your memorialists will ever pray & c. [et cetera]
[Signed] [unclear text: Lac: ] McIntosh
[illegible text] To His Excellency George Mathews Esqr. [Esquire] Governor of the State
[Signed] [illegible text] Maxwell
[Signed] Saml. [Samuel] Wright
[Signed] D. B. Mitchell
[Signed] [unclear text: Rn. Parker ] Saunders
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[Signed] Thos. [Thomas] Wylly
[Signed] H [illegible text]
[Signed] John King
[Signed] Jared Irwin
[Signed] Solomon Wood
[Signed] Jas. [James] Powell
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Memorial of sundry inhabitants [deleted text: [illegible text] of ] the Members of McIntosh Liberty Bryan & Montgomery Counties
Military
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