- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1814 Nov. 1, Creek Agency [to] Governor Peter Early, Milledgeville, [Georgia] / Colo[nel] Benjamin Hawkins
- Creator:
- Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816
- Date of Original:
- 1814-11-01
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Government relations
Creek Indians--Legal status, laws, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- official reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated November 1, 1814 from Colonel Benjamin Hawkins, U.S. Agent to the Creeks, to Governor Peter Early (Governor of Georgia, 1813-1815) that contains an extract from a letter from the Adjutant General of the 7th (Military ?) District. The extract says that the Indians friendly to the whites are being enrolled, fed, put on the payroll, and kept apart from the others for the protection of the frontier. Hawkins says that he has given orders to (Christian ?) Limbaugh for enrolling Indians in other towns. He also reports that (Timothy ?) Barnard has just sent him a letter saying that he fears that he and his property and that of others on the frontier are in great danger.
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:
- tcc879
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc879
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc879#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc879/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 11.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Creek agency
1st. nov. [november] 1814
I have received a letter from the adjutant General of the 7 M. district of the
13 ult. [ultimo] of which the following is an extract "The Majr. [Major] General instructs me to say that you will have all the friendly Indians immediately enroled [enrolled] fed and put on pay, also purchase for each one so enroled [enrolled] one blanket and shirt and keep them [unclear text: embodied ] for the protection of that frontier. The expense incurred for Blankets and shirts will be deducted out of their pay."
I had previously given orders for enroling [enrolling] them which I have repeated on receipt of this communication. Mr. Limbaugh is directed to apply to every town. I Shall know within a week the effect of the experiment. -- Mr. Barnard writes me today he is under serious apprehensions of danger to himself and property and to the frontiers. He is in very bad health which may have augmented his powers.
I have the honour [honor] to be very respectfully Dear Sir your ob Servt [obedient Servant]
[Signed] Benjamin Hawkins
Governor Early
Page: [2]
Letter
Colo. [Colonel] Benjamin Hawkins
dated --
1st. November 1814
Indian War
Page: [3]
[unclear text: free ] His Excellency Peter Earley Governor of Georgia Milledgeville