United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Hulings, William Empson1799-05-04This 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.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc377engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 44, folder 05, document 05.Creek Indians--Claims againstChild slavesGayoso de Lemos, Manuel, 1747-1799[Letter] 1799 May 4, New Orleans [to] James Jackson, Governor of Georgia, Louisville, [Georgia] / William E. HulingsText