- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1836 July 3, Washin[gton] City to Colo[nel] H. Stanton, Columbus, Geo[rgia] / Tho[mas] F. Hunt
- Creator:
- Hunt, Thomas F., fl. 1836
- Date of Original:
- 1836-07-03
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Warfare
Expense accounts - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a copy of a letter dated July 3, 1836 from Thomas F. Hunt to Lt. Colonel H. Stanton. Hunt mentions an enclosed letter, (location unknown) dated June 23, 1836, from the Governor of Georgia to the Secretary of War regarding claims for expenditures for the battalion of Major John Coward, which had been employed against the Creek Indians. Hunt asks Stanton to pay the claims as soon as possible.
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:
- tcc587
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc587
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc587#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc587/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:
- 1 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 50, folder 10, document 04.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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(Copy.)
Qr.Mr. Gen's [Quarter Master General's] Office Washin [Washington] City
July 3d. [3rd] 1836.
Sir-
I enclose to you herewith an extract from a letter from the Gov. [Governor] of Georgia to the Secr'y [Secretary] of War, dated Columbus, Geo [Georgia],
June 23d. [23rd] 1836, on the subject of various expenses for subsistence, transportation, &c. & c. [et cetera et cetera], for a small batallion [battalion] of about 200 mounted men under the command of Major Jno [John] Coward, which was placed on the frontier to guard it against the Creeks, & which claims, it appears from the Governor's letter, none of the officers feel authorized to settle. It is necessary that they be settled as early as practicable, and you will therefore lose no time in paying them or causing them to be paid, so far as the United States are bound to pay, taking care that the vouchers be such, that no difficulty will arise in their admission at the Treaty -- it matters not whether the claims be for subsistence, camp equipage, ordnance stores, or objects [illegible text] such as belong to the Q.Masters [Quartermaster's] Department. I presume there can be no doubt, that the UStates are bound to make the payments -- the men could not have received their pay if not.
I am Sir &c. [et cetera]
by order of the Secr'y [Secretary] of War
sd. [signed]
[Signed] Tho. [Thomas] F. Hunt
&c. &c. [et cetera et cetera]
To Lt. Colo. [Colonel] H. Stanton, Qr.Mr. [Quarter Master] U.S. Army, or the Senior officer of the Qr.Mrs. Dept [Quarter Master's Department] Columbus, Geo. [Georgia]