United States, Georgia, Camden County, 30.92249, -81.63639Hammond, Abner1793-04-05This document dated April 5, 1793 contains both a petition and an incomplete letter from Abner Hammond to Edward Telfair (Governor of Georgia, 1789-1793). Hammond sends the petition on behalf of the inhabitants of Camden County, and in it he complains about the behavior of James Seagrove, local Superintendent of Indian Affairs. He accuses Seagrove of, among other things, mishandling public provisions, interfering with the high sheriff's duties, illegally imprisoning respectable county citizens and public servants, heading a mob that attacked and beat the sheriff, and holding a fraudulent election in which he was elected captain of the county militia unit. Hammond also details his own attempts to catch a group of Indians that killed a local family and Seagrove's efforts to stop him. The document also includes the last page of a letter from Hammond to Telfair in which he asserts that recent depredations by the Creek Indians were intended only to thwart Seagrove in his misdirected policies.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/jpegtcc867engMode 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 76, folder 19, document 01.Indian agentsMisconduct in officeCreek Indians--Government relationsPetition and letter from A[bner] Hammond, 1793 Apr. 5, Camden County, [Georgia to] Edward Telfair, Governor [of Georgia] / A[bner] HammondText