- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1836 Oct. 7, Columbia County, [Georgia] to William Schley, Governor of Georgia, Milledgeville, [Georgia] / Ja[me]s Cartlidge, Jr.
- Creator:
- Cartlidge, James
- Date of Original:
- 1836-10-07
- Subject:
- Fugitives from justice
Murder
Huchingson, James G.
Huchingson, Aletha - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Letter dated October 7, 1836 from James Cartlidge, Jr. to William Schley, Governor of Georgia (1835-1837), respecting two fugitives from justice about whom Cartlidge has information. He reminds the governor of a previous correspondence on the matter, but attributes the lack of a reply to the governor's preoccupation with recent Indian "troubles".
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:
- tcc595
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc595
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc595#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc595/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 12, document 04.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Columbia County
7- Octr [October] 1836
Dr [Dear] Sir
You no doubt recollect a communication from me in
april or
1st of May forwarding Inquest and affadavit [affidavit] in relationship to the Murder of an Infant by Jas. [James] G. Huchingson and Aletha Fetters Alias Aletha Huchingson the woman was brot [brought] from Charleston and bound to appear for trial at the Supr [Superior] Court Septr [September] Term adjourned to Decr [December] for an accessary [accessory] after the fact Huchingson escaped and has not been taken report says and it is believed that he has visited the County and that the same is known by some of the Civil officers of the county- I enquire whether the papers forwarded you as above stated were sufficient for you to offer a reward for the apprehension of Huchingson the communication was made in the Midst of Indian troubles and might have escaped your notice If a reward was offered the fugitive might be taken- or the officer who assists in concealing his hiding place brot [brought] to Justice I make the enquiry only as a fellow citizen and well wisher to the Country
respectfully
[Signed] James Cartlidge Jr
Page: [2]
Letter
James Cartlidge Jr.
7 October 1836.
Mis.
Page: [3]
To his Excellency William Schley Governor of Georgia Milledgeville
[illegible text]
A postmark appears on the left of the page.
Jas [James] Cartledge
Answerd [Answered]
21st Oct 1836