United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Spalding, Thomas, 1774-18511827-03-12This is a letter dated March 12, 1827 from Thomas Spalding, a commissioner involved in drawing the boundary line between Georgia and Florida, to George M. Troup, Governor of Georgia (1823-1827). Spalding describes the great difficulty of surveying the swampy land along the boundary. He also mentions a book by Mr. Ellicott that describes the boundary line and Georgia's geography in general, and he says that the new line is parallel to the old one but falls to the north of it meaning that Georgia will lose some territory that has already been granted. He suggests that the U.S. Congress should in some way confirm the titles of land granted to people in Florida. He says that this is especially necessary since it was a U.S. treaty with the Indians (probably the Creeks) that extended the Georgia line down to Florida in the first place.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/jpegtcc767engMode 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 06, folder 03, document 02.Creek Indians--TreatiesSurveysBoundaries[Letter] 1827 Mar. 12, Florida Line, to George M. Troup, Gov[ernor of Georgia], Milledgeville, G[eorgi]a / Tho[mas] SpaldingText