United States, Georgia, Camden County, St. Marys, 30.73051, -81.54649Jackson, James, 1757-18061757/1806This document is a partially dated letter from James Jackson to an unnamed Governor of Georgia. Jackson reports on information provided by a Mr. Townsend on the current state of Indian affairs near St. Marys, Georgia. Jackson indicates that 4 of 8 unnamed Creek prisoners had escaped and advises the governor to release the remainder in order to maintain calm in the Nation. He further reports that the Indian killed in a recent encounter was David, not Alexander, Cornells, according to the enclosed information of James Seagrove (no longer attached). Jackson also comments on the deplorable state of provisions and military command in Camden County, Georgia and makes recommendations regarding the situation.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/jpegtcc899engMode 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 79, folder 03, document 01.Georgia. MilitiaCreek Indians--Violence againstIndian prisoners[Letter] July 22, [to] the Governor [of Georgia] / Major Gen[era]l Ja[me]s JacksonText