- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1831 Nov. 19, Milledgeville, [Georgia] to Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia, Milledgeville, [Georgia] / Ambrose Barber ... [et al.]
- Creator:
- Barber, Ambrose, fl. 1831
- Date of Original:
- 1831-11-19
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians
Georgia. Guard - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters of recommendation
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Letter dated November 19, 1831 to Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia (1831-1835) from a party of persons interested in recommending Henry Terrell for the position of second in command of the Cherokee Guard (possibly the Georgia Guard, a militia force created to patrol Cherokee territory over which Georgia jurisdiction had recently been extended).
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:
- tcc534
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc534
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc534#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc534/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:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 49A, folder 02, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
To his Excellency Wilson Lumpkin
Governor of Georgia
Milledgeville
Nov 19th. 1831
Sir
We beg leave respectfully to recommend Mr. Henry M. Terrell to the consideration of your Excellency as a fit and suitable person for the second office in the command of the Cherokee Guard
The energy, zeal and enterprize [enterprise] hitherto displayed by Mr Terrell afford us an assurance that he will discharge the duties of the office to which we have ventured to recommend him, with a laudable fidelity- beneficially to his country and with satisfaction to your Excellency
We have the honor to be very respectfully your Excellency's most obedt Servts [obedient Servants]
[Signed] Ambrose Barber
[Signed] James Dean
[Signed] Jos. [Joseph] [unclear text: J. ] Singleton
[Signed] Rich. [Richard] C [unclear text: Spaun ]
[Signed] [unclear text: H.A. Mower ]
[Signed] Ben B Smith
[Signed] Thos. [Thomas] Gilbert
Page: [2]
[Signed] James Pearson
[Signed] Henry Solomon
[Signed] Thos. [Thomas] F Anderson
[Signed] Thomas Wootten
Page: [3]
To His Excellency the Governor of Georgia Milledgeville
[unclear text: Span. ] Tarver
Dean &c&c [et cetera et cetera] .
Henry M. Terrell
Nov. 19 1831-
Vacancies & appts.