United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434Bessent, Abraham, 1763-18141814-08-19/1814-08-20This is a letter from Abraham Bessent, at St. Mary's (Camden County, Georgia), accompanied by the affidavit of Captain Parker McCobb, taken by Bessent. Both the letter and the affidavit, dated August 19, and 20, 1814 respectively, are directed to Governor of Georgia Peter Early (1813-1815) and concern the appearance of British war ships and information respecting their intentions to land in Florida and march up to Savannah. McCobb reports that the officers intend to recruit Negroes and Indians and arm them against the Americans. It is also reported that one officer had expressed the opinion that General (Andrew) Jackson committed "cruelties" on the Indians recently.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/jpegtcc427engMode 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 47, folder 04, document 04.Great Britain--Foreign relations--United StatesUnited States--Foreign relations--Great BritainIndians of North America--Violence against[Letter with affidavit of] Capt[ain] Parker McCobb, 1814 Aug. 19-20, St. Mary's, [Camden County, Georgia to] Governor of Georgia Peter Early, Milledgeville / Abra[ha]m BessentText