- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1816 Oct. 2, Tattnall [County], Georgia, [to] D[avid] B. Mitchell, [Governor of Georgia], Mil[l]edgeville / M. Hardin
- Creator:
- Hardin, M.
- Date of Original:
- 1816-10-02
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Land tenure
- 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 M. Hardin, in Tatnall County, Georgia to Governor of Georgia, David B. Mitchell (1809-1813, 1815-1817), dated October 2, 1816. Hardin informs the governor that Indian land adjacent to the Ocmulgee and Altamaha Rivers is being rapidly settled by local outlaws and vagrants. He requests intervention in order to avoid bloodshed.
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:
- tcc443
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc443
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc443#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc443/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:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 47, folder 08, document 04.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Oct. 2, 1816
Tattnall
3 Oct. His Excellency D. B. Mitchell Miledgeville Georgia
[unclear text: pr. ] mail
Letter from
M Harden Esquire
dated
2d October 1816
Indian Affairs
Page: [2]
Tatnall [document damaged]
Octr. [October] 2nd 1816
His Excellency D. B. Mitchell - Sir,
I take leave to Inform you that the citizens of Georgia are setling [settling] the Indian Land adjacent to the Ocmulgee & the Altamaha to an alarming degree as a large proportion of them are Vagrants, fugitives from Justice or some other crime attached to their character which makes civil government disagreeable; I think If your Excelancy [Excellency] wou'd [would] Issue your proclamation Commanding them to Remove from off the Indian land amediately [immediately], I wou'd [would] save the Shedding of Bood [Blood]
I pray your Excelancy [Excellency] to accept the assurance of my Esteem
[Signed] M Hardin