- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1814 Feb. 20, Fort Hawkins, [Bibb County, Georgia to] Governor [Peter] Early, Milledgeville / Major Gen[era]l Tho[ma]s Pinckney
- Creator:
- Pinckney, Thomas, 1750-1828
- Date of Original:
- 1814-02-20
- Subject:
- Creek War, 1813-1814
- Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- official reports
military records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Letter from Major General Thomas Pinckney, at Fort Hawkins (Bibb County, Georgia) to Governor of Georgia Peter Early (1813-1815), dated February 20, 1814. In response to Early's queries, Pinckney informs Early of the movements of General (Andrew ?) Jackson's troops. Jackson intends to attack the Creek Indian settlements on the Oakfuskee (Georgia) and Pinckney predicts he will have no trouble destroying them. He also mentions the movements of the South Carolina Dragoons along the Flint River (Georgia) and reports that Colonel Benjamin Hawkins has ordered out 40 or 50 Cusseta (Lower Creek) warriors.
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:
- tcc420
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc420
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc420#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc420/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 47, folder 03, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Head Quarters Sixth & Seventh Districts
Fort Hawkins
20th February 1814.-
Sir
In answer to the Question proposed in your letter of this Morning which I have just received I have to inform your Excellency that Genl [General] Jackson will attack the Okfuskee Settlements on his March down the [unclear text: Forts ], and with [added text: the ] [unclear text: force ] he will command I have no doubt he will be able to destroy them.- My last dispatches from that officer are dated the
12th of this Month: his reinforcements with the exception of the 39th Regiment had not arrived, nor had [added text: he ] a sufficient supply of provisions on hand to authorize his advance. I think it probable he will not move forward before the first week in March.
The South Carolina Dragoons who were ordered to Barnards on Flint River on the receipt of his report, saw no enemy and were informed it was only a beef stealing party who had caused the alarm, that Barnards Son had pursued and
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killed three of them. Col: Hawkins had also ordered out 40 or 50 Warriors of Cusseta to intercept them.
I have the honor to be very respectfully your Excellencys most Obedient Servant
[Signed] Thomas Pinckney His Excellency Governor Early
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[
1814]
public service
James Ferguson
Aide de Camp
His Excellency Governor Early Milledgeville
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Letter from Major Genl. Thos. [General Thomas] Pinckney dated "Fort Hawkins
20th. Febry [February] 1814".
Indian War
Feb. 20, 1814