- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1838 Mar. 28, Executive Department, [State of Georgia] to Captain John Shackelford / D.W. Lewis
- Creator:
- Lewis, D. W., fl. 1838
- Date of Original:
- 1838-03-28
- Subject:
- Georgia. Militia--Mobilization
Trail of Tears, 1838 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
military records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- On March 28, 1838, D.W. Lewis, secretary to Georgia Governor George R. Gilmer (1829-1831, 1837-1839), responds to a letter from Captain John Shackelford in which Shackelford tenders his services in the Cherokee country. Lewis indicates that the governor has already fulfilled the request of the President of the United States to muster eleven volunteer companies for "the Cherokee service," and therefore, Shackelford's company is not needed. It is likely that the military operation referred to is the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians.
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:
- tcc817
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc817
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc817#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc817/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:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 64, folder 16, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Executive Department
March 28th 1838
To) Captain John Shackelford.
Sir.
Your letter [deleted text: by Express ] enclosing an election return of a volunteer company of Franklin County designed for the Cherokee service has been recieved [received] by the hands of Mr Mitchell
I regret very much that the Governor is unwell and [deleted text: therefore unable to ] [added text (appears to be different ink): cannot ] answer you [added text (appears to be different ink): in ] person [deleted text: ally ] . I am directed by His Excellency to say to you that the requisition made upon him by the President of the U. States for eleven volunteer companies for the Cherokee service to be drawn from other counties than those in the Cherokee country has been filled Orders have already been issued to eleven companies to march into the Cherokee counties and there is now no demand for your services.
Accept the compliments of the governor for the cheerful tender you have made of the services of yourself and company.
Yr.mo.obt.svt [Your most obedient servant]
[Signed] D.W. Lewis Secy Ex. Dept [Secretary Executive Department]
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Letter to Capt. Shackelford