- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1837 Nov. 21, Lowndes County, [Georgia to] George R. Gilmer, Governor [of Georgia], Milledgeville, [Georgia] / Henry Blair
- Creator:
- Blair, Henry, fl. 1837
- Date of Original:
- 1837-11-21
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Warfare
Payrolls - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- On November 21, 1837, Henry Blair of Lowndes County, Georgia, writes to Georgia Governor George R. Gilmer (1829-1831, 1837-1839) to inform him that payrolls submitted to the executive office by a man named William T. Thompson are fraudulent. Blair claims that Thompson never commanded a company in the late campaign against the Creeks.
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:
- tcc607
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc607
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc607#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc607/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 51, folder 02, document 03.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Letter of Col Blair
the frauds of John Homes and W. T. Thompson
Nov. 21, 1837
Page: [2]
18 3/4
His Excellency George R. Gilmer Milledgeville
SHARPES STORE GEO
NOV 30
A postmark stamp appears on this page.
Page: [3]
Lowndes County
Novber [November] 21st 1837
His Excellency
Govenor [Governor] Gilmer
Sir
I have learnt [learned] quite Recently that a man by the name of William T. Thompson had presented at the Executive department a pay rolle [payroll] for him self as Captain Commanding a Company in the late Creek Campaign and also a pay rolle [payroll] as agent for a Captain [deleted text: [illegible text] ] Holmes of this County, which was audited an [and] paid as I understand, I take this method of informing Your Excellency that it is a fraud practised [practiced] on Goverment [Government] by the said Thompson for he had no such Command, and as for Captain Holmes there was no such Captain in this County, at that time nor never had been, to the best of my Knowledge
Verry [Very] Respectfully Your Obt. Servt. [Obedient Servant]
[Signed] Henry Blair [illegible text] Comdt. [Commandmant] 81st Regt. G.M. [Regiment Georgia Militia]
We whose names are hereunto subscribed do certify the above statement to be corect [correct]
[Signed] William Blair
[Signed] Sion Hall
[Signed] Isaiah Basley
[Signed] John Hall