United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Forsyth, John, 1780-18411830-01-24This document is a letter from John Forsyth, U.S. Senator from Georgia, to George R. Gilmer, Governor of Georgia (1829-1831, 1837-1839), dated January 24, 1830. Forsyth remarks on the passage of a recent congressional amendment. He also indicates that the War Department has received the reports of General John Coffee regarding recent surveys of Creek and Cherokee territory. Forsyth states that the new boundary lines reclaim about one third of the territory alleged to belong to Georgia according to an unnamed 1827 treaty with the Creek Indians (probably the Treaty of the Creek Agency, signed November 15, 1827).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/jpegtcc737engMode 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 29, document 03.Creek Indians--Land tenureCreek Indians--TreatiesCherokee Indians--Land tenureSurveysBoundaries[Letter] 1830 Jan. 24, Georgetown, District of Columbia [to] George R. Gilmer, Governor of Georgia / John ForsythText