- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1806 July 29, Creek Agency [to] John Milledge, Governor of Georgia, Louisville, [Georgia] / Colo[nel] Benjamin Hawkins
- Creator:
- Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816
- Date of Original:
- 1806-07-29
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Treaties
Creek Indians--Government relations
Fugitive slaves
Boundaries - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- official reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Letter from Benjamin Hawkins, U.S. Agent to the Creeks, to John Milledge, Governor of Georgia (1802-1806), dated July 29, 1806. Hawkins reports on orders received from the Secretary of War for running a boundary line pursuant to the Treaty of Washington, concluded between the U.S. and the Creek Nation on November 14, 1805. Hawkins also writes regarding a number of captured slaves who are in his possession at the Creek Agency. He suggests a course of action to expeditiously return them to their owners.
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:
- tcc870
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc870
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc870#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc870/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:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 76, folder 25, document 02.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Creek agency
29 July 1806
I have just received orders from the Secretary at War for the running and marking the line from the High shoals of apalatche to the [unclear text: Ulcofauhatche ] agreeable to the treaty with the Creeks made on the
14th of november last; and I have it in [unclear text: charge ] to give you notice of the time when this operation commences, to the [unclear text: end ] that if you think proper, you may send some person to see the line run. -- I shall make my arrangements to be at General Meriweathers on the
15th. of august, & commence and finish this business with as little delay as possible. I see no impropriety in your Surveyor General commencing the surveying this acquisition without delay
"I requested Capt. [unclear text: Boote ] who commanded the troops of the United States on your frontiers to make a return to you of some runaway negros [negroes] delivered to his charge by my order belonging to Citizens of Georgia. The expences [expenses] for apprehending and delivering is 25 dolars [dollars] each, and they are [unclear text: moreover ] charged with their maintenance untill [until] received by their owners. -- Since then I have received and [illegible text] now at my residence on Flint river a negro woman named Mary the property of a Captain Smith who has several negros [negroes] in this agency taken from him some time past by the Indians. She will be delivered free of expence [expense] ."
"It is desirable that the owners should apply immediately in person or by order to receive them. If by order it must be subsequent to their
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apprehension as I am informed some old powers of attorney have been given to get such property one half for the other, all of which powers I consider as void by the manner in which the property is got in possession of by me for the owners."
I have the honour [honor] to be very respectfully
Sir,
your Excellencys most Obedient Servant
[Signed] Benjamin Hawkins
His Excellency John Milledge Governor of Georgia
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Fort Wilkinson
Augt. [August] 2. 1806
10
His Excellency John Milledge Governor of Georgia Louisville
Colo. Benjn. [Colonel Benjamin] Hawkins
dated Creek agency
29th. July 1806
Order taken
11th. August 1806
27 July 1806