- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1836 Sept. 4, St. Marys, [Georgia] to William Schley, Governor [of Georgia], Milledgeville, Geo[rgia] / Arch[ibal]d Clark
- Creator:
- Clark, Archibald
- Date of Original:
- 1836-09-04
- Subject:
- Enslaved persons
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 - Location:
- United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Archibald Clark of Camden County writes to Georgia Governor William Schley (1835-1837) on September 4, 1836 to inform Schley that a party of citizens searching for cattle near the great bend of the St. Marys River came upon a family of slaves who had been deserted by their Creek Indian owners. The slaves explained to the search party that the Creeks fled to Florida to join the Seminoles, intending to return for them at some point. Clark asks Schley's opinion of his decision to allow the men to claim the African family as "booty".
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:
- tcc592
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc592
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc592#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc592/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 50, folder 12, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
St. Marys Geo. [Georgia]
4th Sept 1836
Sir,
Some ten or fifteen days ago five citizens of Camden were engaged hunting cattle in the great bend of the St Mary's river and came [deleted text: [unclear text: with ] ] up with a family of negroes - who proved to be slaves (as acknowledged by themselves / belonging to the hostile Creeks who making their escape into Florida to join the Seminoles - left them behind (being tired down / promising to return - after giving instructions what course to take-
The persons capturing being desirous to act correctly as Citizens - applied to me for Counsel and I at once advised the course now adopted - to Report to your Excellency - the fact of the Capture -
The case is one sui generis . I have therefore advised the holding possession considering the property as " booty " and as clearly belonging to the Captors. I would be pleased to have you express your opinion upon the question-
Respectfully remaining Your obt. Sert. [obedient Servant]
[Signed] Archd [Archibald] Clark
His Excellency Wm [William] . Schley Governor &c [et cetera]
Page: [2]
Seven Slaves-
one -- Suppd [Supposed] 27 yrs
" -- 25-
11-
8-
5-
3-
[unclear text: 1 ] -
7 Slaves-
Page: [3]
Letter
Archd [Archibald] Clarke
4th Septemr. [September] 1836.
Mis
Page: [4]
ST MARY'S GE [Georgia]
SEP 3
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18 [illegible text]
To His Excellency William Schley Governor &c [et cetera] Milledgeville Geo [Georgia]
Archd [Archibald] Clark
St Marys
Answered
13th Septr [September] 1836