- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1836 Dec. 6, Milledgeville, [Georgia] / William Schley, [Governor of Georgia]
- Creator:
- Schley, William, 1786-1858 [Georgia. Governor (1835-1837 : Schley)]
- Date of Original:
- 1836-12-06
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Wars
Seminole Indians--Wars
War finance
Georgia--Politics and government--1775-1865 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated December 6, 1836 from William Schley, Governor of Georgia (1835-1837), to an unnamed recipient (probably Major Edmund Kirby, see tcc598, the letter to which Schley is replying). Schley discusses his many duties as Governor of Georgia and mentions the state legislature's plan to require him to audit and pay all expenses related to the Creek and Seminole wars that have not already been paid by the United States government. Schley also writes about confusion regarding two state treasury bills that he says he has paid.
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:
- tcc547
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc547
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc547#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc547/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 50, folder 03, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
[see: Letter to Schley
Nov. 25, 1836]
Milledgeville,
6th Decemr [December] 1836
My dear friend,
Your very friendly and acceptable letter of the 25th ult [ultimo] . came to hand two days ago. It would give me great pleasure to go to Frederick, if it were in my power to do so, because I could see you and the other officers of the army with whom I had the good fortune last summer to form an acquaintance, and for whom I have the warmest friendship and good feelings produced by their kind and courteous conduct towards me and particularly for yourself and Genl [General] Scott with whom I had more immediate and intimate intercourse. Besides these inducements there is something in Frederick still more dear to me. I have a beloved brother residing there, and my aged and esteemed mother is now with him, whom I have not seen in nearly two years -- you may therefore well credit me when I say that nothing would afford me more pleasure than to meet you and them. But it is impossible. The duties of my office occupy me at least ten hours out of every 24 the year round, and the business that the present legislature is now cutting for me will add to these labors and employ me the whole of next year -- for example, they will pass a law requiring me to audit and pay all the expenses of the Creek and Seminole wars that have not been paid by the United States, and call on the general government for remuneration -- I
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now do more manual labor than any clerk in Georgia and have also to do all the mental labor and assume all the " responsibility. "
I have amended the certificate to Huson's account as you suggested, and herewith return it to you -- The first receipt he has for $218 23/100 is right. and I have Mr. Waite's for the same am't. [amount] to balance it -- The other I am at a loss to understand, unless he gave me a receipt for that amount and afterwards returned it as he states -- The facts are these -- I had paid the amount of the two drafts out of the treasury of Georgia, and afterwards received the money from you or Major Huson, which I returned to the treasury -- If therefore Huson gets a credit for the amount of the drafts he must not also claim the amount of my receipt -- I have looked for his receipt to me but cannot find it -- I have his drafts, and on them is this endorsement, -- "The amount of this draft I received from Maj [Major] . E. Kirby, P.M.U.S. Army and paid it to Col [Colonel] Haynes (the treasurer.)
15th July, 1836"
Now, I have forgotten whether Majr. [Major] Huson or I gave you a receipt for the amount. If he gave it, then, it was right that I should give him one, and the drafts now in my possession will meet
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my receipt to him -- but if you have my receipt then he has no right to one -- The fact is that I paid the drafts, and afterwards received the am't. [amount] from the U. S. [United States] either through you or him -- I hope you will see that Huson so settles the accounts, as that I may have no difficulty on this subject.
I hope you may be able to settle your accounts with the government to your satisfaction, and any aid I can render you with our members in Congress or any other way will be afforded with great pleasure.
I have not yet consented to pardon you for not stopping a day in Milledgeville with me -- I would not have passed your house -- No, I would have gone out of my way to find it.
Your sincere friend,
[Signed] William Schley