- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1825 Dec. 7, Washington [D.C. to] George M. Troup [Governor of Georgia], Milledgeville, Georgia / Charles Eaton Haynes
- Creator:
- Haynes, Charles Eaton, 1784-1841
- Date of Original:
- 1825-12-07
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Treaties
United States--Politics and government--1825-1829
Creek Indians--Government relations - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated December 7, 1825 from Charles Eaton Haynes, U.S. Representative from Georgia, to George M. Troup, Governor of Georgia, (1823-1827) notifying the governor that John W. Taylor of New York was recently elected Speaker of the House. Haynes also alludes to a copy of a recent Presidential address to Congress that is no longer enclosed and informs Troup about a rumor that the U.S. executive is preparing to "pacify the hostiles" (ostensibly Creek Indians) at the expense of Alabama. Haynes expresses concern about the ramifications of a new treaty (possibly the Treaty of Washington, D.C. with the Creeks, signed January 24, 1826, by which the Treaty of Springs, signed February 12, 1825, was nullified).
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. - Local Identifier:
- tcc503
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc503
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc503#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc503/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 48, folder 13, document 03.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Washington
7th Dec. 1825
Dear Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that on Monday John W. Taylor of New York was elected Speaker by a small majority of the members present, & to enclose a copy of the president's message presented to Congress yesterday on which you will make your own comments. It is rumored that the administration is endeavoring to pacify the hostiles at the expence [expense] of Alabama; if that should be the case, I presume a discussion of the merits of the treaty will take place as certainly as if no such arrangement had been made.
In a short conversation held with the Secretary of War last week, he repelled the idea that the General Government is hostile to the interests & rights of Georgia, but should the affairs connected with the treaty come under discussion, as I have no doubt they
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will, it will certainly be in our power to sustain that charge against it most [unclear text: incontestibly [incontestably] ] .
We hear that resolutions sustaining the Commissioners & the treaty have passed the Legislature unanimously, & are in daily expectation of their arrival -- How sadly the friends of the agents, Indian, Special, & military, have disappointed them in voting for those resolutions.
If discussions should grow out of all the recommendations in the message, in addition to that map of miscellaneous subjects which usually engages the attention of Congress, the session will not terminate much before the Commencement of summer.
So far as I have had an opportunity to learn the opinions of members, I cannot think Georgia has any thing to fear, but, I am acquainted with few, & consequently do not
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maintain such relations with them generally, as to acquire extensive information on the subject.
I shall have the pleasure of addressing you occasionally, but with out the expectation of furnishing any thing in addition to the contents of the public prints.
With sincere congratulations upon your re-election, I am most truly your friend & servt [servant]
[Signed] Charles Eaton Haynes His Excellency George M. Troup
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Charles Eaton Haynes
7 December 1825
Treaty [illegible text]
[unclear text: 111 ]
Free
CEHaynes. His Excellency George M. Troup; Governor &c [et cetera] Milledgeville, Georgia