- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1799 May 4, New Orleans [to] James Jackson, Governor of Georgia, Louisville, [Georgia] / William E. Hulings
- Creator:
- Hulings, William Empson
- Date of Original:
- 1799-05-04
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Claims against
Child slaves
Gayoso de Lemos, Manuel, 1747-1799 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter from William E. Hulings, Vice Consul for the U.S., in New Orleans to Governor of Georgia James Jackson (1798-1801) in Louisville, Georgia. Hulings informs Jackson that a young boy had recently come into the custody of the Governor Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, the Spanish governor of the Mississippi Territory (also known as Natchez), who had escaped from among the Creek Indians with whom he had lived for nearly two years. The child was a slave named James White who had made his way from the Creeks to the banks of the Mississippi River where he was taken aboard a boat from Illinois and delivered to Governor Gayoso in New Orleans. The child told Hulings his owner had been a man named James Mumford of Savannah, Georgia.
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:
- tcc377
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc377
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc377#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc377/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 44, folder 05, document 05.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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New Orleans
4th May 1799
Sir
I am sure you will pardon the liberty I take in addressing you on a subject that interests one of our fellow Citizens, when I inform you that my reason for troubling you was an opinion that a letter to your address wou'd [would] go safer than it woud [would] to a private character.
Yesterday his Excelly Gov.r [Excellency Governor] Gayoso delivered into my care, a negro Boy who says his name is John White, and that he is the property of Mr. Jas. [James] Mumford of Savanah, he relates that he was taken by the Creek Indians, last winter two years, from whom he escaped, about 2 weeks past, that he reached the shores of the mississippi where he was taken on board an Illinois boat, brought to this place and given up to the Gov.r [Governor]
If you [missing word: have ] knowledge of his master
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I beg that you will be pleased to cause the inclosed letter to be forwarded to him; if not, information might be conveyed to him by a short advertisem.t [advertisement]
I have Sir the honour [honor] to be your most Obdt humbe Serv.t [Obedient humble Servant]
[Signed] Wm [William] E Hulings vice Consul of the United States His Excelly [Excellency] Jas. [James] Jackson Govr [Governor] of the State of Georgia [added text (appears to be different ink and hand): Panton [unclear text: Ariel ] ]
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His Excelly [Excellency] James Jackson Gov.r [Governor] of the State of Georgia Louisville25
Recommend.d [Recommended] to the [illegible text] of Will.m [William] Panton Esqr [Esquire]
[unclear text: Sava. [Savannah] ]
8th June 1799 [unclear text: recd. [received] & forwarded ] by R Mitchel who [document damaged: will ] have an opportunity for Pensacola [document damaged] [unclear text: monday or ] [added text: Tuesday ] week next, & will forward any letter for his [document damaged: Excy. Govr. ] Jackson with pleasure should he have occasion to write
Pensacola
20th May 99recd. [received] & forwarded by Sir Your Excy [Excellency] Most obdt Humble Serv.t [obedient Humble Servant]
[Signed] Wm. [William] Panton
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Wm [William] E Hulings
Vice Consul U.S. at Orleans Orleans
4th May 1799 Ordered to be filed
17 June 1799