- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1814 May 25, Creek Agency [to] Peter Earley [i.e. Early], Governor of Georgia, Milledgeville, [Georgia] / Colo[nel] Benjamin Hawkins
- Creator:
- Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816
- Date of Original:
- 1814-05-25
- Subject:
- Creek War, 1813-1814
Creek War, 1813-1814--Participation, Spanish - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018 - Medium:
- official reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Benjamin Hawkins, U.S. Agent to the Creeks, writes to Georgia Governor Peter Early (1813-1815) on May 25, 1814 to report that he has heard word from a recently arrived express that the Red Stick Creeks (herein referred to as the "Red Clubs") are being supplied with munitions and provisions from Havana. He says that a large number of the rebel Creeks are gathered at Pensacola and that General Thomas Flournoy has ordered the evacuation of Mobile Point.
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:
- tcc873
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc873
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc873#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc873/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 05.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Creek agency
25th may 1814
Mr. McGirt express from Colo. [Colonel] Milton at Alabama heights, reports that an express arrived there from Mobile with dispatches from General Pinckney, which he is the bearer of expecting to see the General at F [Fort] Jackson. The express stated they had received certain accounts of an arrival from the Havannah with the munitions of War for the "Red Clubs" and orders to supply them with provisions, That they were fully supplied [added text: with guns ammunition & provisions ] and that a great number were assembled at pensacola: And further that orders had been received from General Flournoy to evacuate Mobile point. It is eight days since he left the heights.
I have the honour [honor] to be respectfully
Sir
your obet Sert. [obedient Servant]
[Signed] Benjamin Hawkins
Peter Earley Governor of Georgia
Page: [2]
Letter
Colo. [Colonel] Benjamin Hawkins dated Creek Agency
25th May 1814.
Indian War.
Page: [3]
Peter Earley Governor of Georgia Milledgeville express