- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1814 Dec. 21, Fort Hawkins, [Georgia to] Peter Early, Governor [of Georgia], Milledgeville / Colo[nel] Benjamin Hawkins
- Creator:
- Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816
- Date of Original:
- 1814-12-21
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Government relations
Great Britain--Foreign relations--1800-1837
Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States
United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain
Fugitive slaves
Sailors, Black--Great Britain - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- official reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated December 21, 1814 from Benjamin Hawkins, U.S. Agent to the Creeks, to Peter Early, Governor of Georgia (1813-1815), reporting that ten British vessels had arrived at Deer Island. Seven of those vessels contained mostly black troops, and three of them contained ammunition and presents for the Indians. According to Hawkins, three hundred men were landed on the island, and they have sent for the Indians to come and receive the presents, and he reports that the Red Sticks have arrived, ostensibly for that purpose. He mentions also that a number of runaway slaves have joined the British.
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:
- tcc885
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc885
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc885#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc885/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 17.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Fort Hawkins
21 Dec. [December] 1814
We have information from our Chiefs which they rely on as true that "Ten British Vessels have arrived at Deer Island, seven of them large, with Black troops mostly, on board, the three small Vessels have ammunition and presents for the Indians. 300 men were landed and put in the Fort at Forbes's store. an Invitation is sent from them to the Indians to come and receive presents, all the Red sticks have arrived, there and all runaway negros [negroes] are gone to the British"
Yours respectfully Dear Sir yr obt Sv [your obedient Servant]
[Signed] Benjamin Hawkins
Governor Early
Page: [2]
Letter from
Colo. [Colonel] Benjamin Hawkins
dated "Fort Hawkins
21st.
December 1814."
Indian Affairs
1814
Answer written
6th. January 1815.
Page: [3]
Fort Hawkins Public Service
22d Decr. [December] 1814
His Excellency Governor Early Milledgeville