- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1797 Aug. 8, Savannah, [Georgia to] Governor of Georgia, Jared Irwin, Louisville, [Georgia] / John Berrien
- Creator:
- Berrien, John MacPherson, 1781-1856
- Date of Original:
- 1797-08-08
- Subject:
- Indians of North America
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- official reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter from John Berrien to Georgia Governor Jared Irwin (1796-1798), dated August 8, 1797. Berrien reports on the status of a number of accounts under review by the state. He also informs the governor that he has examined some Indian goods (possibly confiscated or surrendered to the state), conferred with General James(?) Jackson, and posted advertisements for the sale of said goods in newspapers.
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:
- tcc368
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc368
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc368#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc368/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 43, folder 06, document 02.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Savannah
August 8th 1797 -- [deleted text: Monday ] [added text: Tuesday ] morng [morning]
Dear Sir,
When I wrote you the inclosed on Saturday morning I was informd [informed] that the post was at that moment [unclear text: seting ] off for the Westward -- but on [unclear text: sending ] my letters to the post Office, I found that I had been misinformd [misinformed] & that it did not depart till this morning. I yesterday paid Thomas King Esqr. [Esquire] Twenty five hundred dollars agreeably to your Excellencys direction, tho' [though] I had some difficulty to obtain it from Mr. Milledge who is the most extraordinary man I ever met with, a letter from him which I shall take occasion to lay before you will evince to you his eccentricity -- one part of it I cannot forbear relating at present his digest is to the
31d March last $30,000 & upwards -- his Bond twenty thousand -- he argued that he is not accountable to State for more than $20,000 the Amount of his bond & that the remaining Sum $10,000 must be
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intended to remunerate his Services -- I shall now take my leave of this very Singular [unclear text: gentlemen ] & proceed to predecessors of his Mr. [unclear text: Laffitte ] I have calld [called] on Mr. Atterny [Attorney] Genl. [General] who has promised to investigate the transactions of Mr. Laffitte & his [illegible text] I make some Statement on the Subject -- & also to press for payment, but he avers that he has received no public papers from his predecessors in the department of attorney Genl. [General] Mr. Mitchell says that he has written your excellency on Several topics, but particularly on the Subject of the State Bonds for Reverted Confiscated property on which two installments are now due -- there are also other bonds which Mr. [unclear text: Noel ] did not bet on, That woud [would] be necessary for him to have --
[ Note: A circle drawn in pencil appears around this paragraph. ] Mr. Watt & myself this day enter upon our business of examining the Indian Goods -- I have shown Genl. [General] Jackson the orders I have received -- he is pleased with them & says that the goods actually sold are all that
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it was intended Mr. Watt, should receive a commission on -- I have advertis'd [advertised] the goods for Sale in the papers, & have sent to Mr. Clarke over [unclear text: Ogeechie ] informing him of the intended Sale, haveing [having] nothing more at present to communicate, I conclude by assuring your Excelly: [Excellency] of my esteem & regard -- I am very obediently your Huml. [Humble] Servant
[Signed] John Berrien
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Sav
11 Augt 37 1/2 His Excellency Jared Irwin -- Governor of the State of Georgia -- Louisville -- [illegible text] --
Mr. Shellman will please forward this
Letter
John Berrien Esq
8th August 1797
Ordered to be filed
21 Sept 1797
three [illegible text]
[unclear text: Trear ] Rept. [report]