United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Clark, John, 1766-18321802-05-17Letter dated May 17, 1802 from Major General John Clark to Georgia governor Josiah Tattnall, Jr. (1801-1802) containing an excerpt of a letter from Clark to Colonel Harris. Clark discusses military orders for protecting the frontier of the state and preventing citizens from crossing into the Indian territory. State officials are particularly interested in limiting settlers' conflicts with the Creek Indians because Georgia intends to negotiate with them for their Ocmulgee lands.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc461engMode 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 48, folder 01, document 01.Creek Indians--TreatiesCreek Indians--Land tenure[Letter] 1802 May 17, Hickory Grove [to Josiah] Tattnall, [Jr.], Governor [of Georgia] / John ClarkText