United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Crawford, William Harris, 1772-18341816-09-24On September 24, 1816, William H. Crawford, U.S. Secretary of War, writes to Georgia Governor David B. Mitchell (1809-1813, 1815-1817) concerning road repairs and maintenance. Crawford informs the governor that Congress appropriated funds for internal improvements, but since the allotment is insufficient, troops will be needed to work on the roads. He acknowledges that it may be unwise to place small troops on road repair duty because relations with the Creek Indians are somewhat antagonistic. However, Crawford believes that aggressive tendencies among some of the Creeks have subsided, and the destruction of the "Negro Fort" on the Apalachicola River in Florida has intimidated them. For this reason, Crawford suggests to Mitchell that some of the troops stationed in Indian territory should be transferred to the road project, and he asks the governor for information and advice.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.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc723engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 03, folder 05, document 02.Creek Indians--Government relationsRoads--Maintenence and repairLetter, 1816 Sept. 24, War Department, [Washington, D.C. to] David B. Mitchell, Governor of Georgia, Milledgville [i.e., Milledgeville, Georgia] / W[illia]m H. CrawfordText