- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1816 Dec. 28, Tat[t]nall [County, Georgia to] David B. Mitchell, [Governor of Georgia], Milledgeville / Maj[or] Martin Hardin
- Creator:
- Harden, Martin
- Date of Original:
- 1816-12-28
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Land tenure
Indian agents - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- reports
job applications - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter from Major Martin Hardin, in Tattnall County, Georgia, to Governor of Georgia, David B. Mitchell (1809-1813, 1815-1817), dated December 28, 1816. Hardin reports to the governor that significant numbers of vagrants are settling on Indian land since the beginning of November and as most have no visible means of subsistence, they are likely to resort to theft. Hardin requests that the governor appoint him state agent, and empower him to remove the lawless settlers, as they are a greater threat to the peace of the frontiers than are the Indians in the surrounding areas. Hardin also refers to the incarceration of a man named Williams who he refers to as a "negro thief."
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:
- tcc447
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc447
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc447#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc447/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 08, document 08.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Letter from
Majr. [Major] Martin Harden
dated
28th December, 1816.
Indian Affairs
1816
Answer Written
21st January 1817.
Page: [2]
His Excellency David B. Mitchell Milledgeville Georgia
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Tatnall
Decr. [December] 28th 1816
Sir; His Excellency D. B. Mitchell
I take leave to inform your Excellency that this Frontier is [unclear text: ogmenting [augmenting] ], fast, with vagrants, their is many new Settlements made on the Indian land Since the 1st [added text: of ] November, and the evil Continues the settlers have no visible means to subsist. the alternative of Course must be theft It intirely [entirely] escapd [escaped] me; when with you last to ask for the appointment of State agent that I might have removed those Vagrant Intruders; I now Request that appointment for I am well convinced that if Something decisive is not done the Frontier Setlers [Settlers] will Suffer more than they wou'd [would] from a Hord [Hoard] of Savages that negro thief Williams [deleted text: is ] who made his escape from the Sheriff of this county Sum time [Sometime] past [deleted text: [illegible text] ] [added text: is ] now in Tatnall Jail, what Course will be pursued as Regards his detention. I am at a loss to Conjecture he Williams, denies the Jurisdiction of our Courts, to try him as the theft was Committed in Florida it is a pity that the United States and the Spanish Government Cou'd [Could] not make Sum [Some] arrangement, to punish those offenders against the laws. [deleted text: [illegible text] ] think that if their [there] is not Sum [Some] measure adopted that Considerable bloodshed will be the final Result; as Vagrants
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from all parts of the Union are flocking to [unclear text: Floriday ], or the Indian Land. I submit the ways to your Excellency, the means you are in possession off [of]
I pray your Excellency to accept the Homage of my Consideration
[Signed] M. Hardin