- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1841 May 17, Clinton, G[eorgi]a to Charles J. McDonald, [Governor of Georgia], Milledgeville, G[eorgi]a / William G. Smith
- Creator:
- Smith, William G., fl. 1841
- Date of Original:
- 1841-05-17
- Subject:
- Georgia--Militia--Mobilization
Military supplies
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
Creek War, 1836 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Jones County, 33.02513, -83.56052
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
military records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter from William G. Smith in Clinton, Georgia to Charles J. McDonald, Governor of Georgia (1839-1843), dated May 17, 1841. Smith informs the governor that a corps of volunteers has been raised in Jones County but they have no armaments. Smith explains that during the recent Creek War, another company took possession of the Jones County arms, and he beseeches the governor to instruct him on how to proceed in order to secure weapons for the volunteers (possibly organized to join in the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842).
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:
- tcc625
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc625
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc625#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc625/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 52, folder 04, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Clinton
May 17th 1841
To his Excellency &c [et cetera]
Sir
You have been informed by this time I presume of the intention of a portion of our citizens in this county to organize a volunteer corps, and that an application has or will be made for a stand of arms for their use -- I address you upon this subject, for the purpose of stating, to you the anxiety and actual necessity which exists among us for a stand of arms, = We were previous to the last Creek War, in possession of a stand, and the drafted men, took possession of them and carried [added text: them ] to Alabama, and on their announcement through their commanding officer of their readiness of service, [unclear text: their ] being at the same time, several other companies, unprovided with arms, but who had been in Columbus some time previous to the arrival of the Jones County men, and had reported themselves ready, with the exception that they were without arms -- upon this, the arms belonging to Jones County were transferred to another company, and after the difficulties
Page: [2]
ceased, the arms were turned over to the state as unfit for use --
I state this matter, because we have formed as many as two companies previous to this and failed in getting arms, = we reported ourselves to your predecessor and [added text: to ] the last application we received no reply -- Now we are ready to comply with the terms of the law in every respect and do not wish any informality in our application to be the cause of another disappointment= So you will confer a favour [favor] on me individually if you will let me know if there is anything necessary to be done that has not been done, - as there exists a great deal of anxiety [illegible text] us about this matter I should like to know from you by return mail if it is not too much trouble to you
Yours &c [et cetera]
[Signed] William G. Smith
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Wm [William] G. Smith
1841
CLINTON Ga.
MAY 19
A postmark appears on the left side of the page.
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His Excellency Charles J McDonald Milledgeville Ga