United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321Porter, Anthony, fl. 18121817-03-07This is a letter dated March 7, 1817 from Anthony Porter to Governor David B. Mitchell (Governor of Georgia, 1815-1817) recommending a young man named William R. Wearing to be appointed to the position left by the recent death of Doctor Proctor. Porter also notes that he has learned from recent newspapers from Milledgeville that Governor Mitchell is leaving office to become Agent of Indian Affairs in the Creek Nation and will be replaced by William Rabun (Governor of Georgia, 1817-1819).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/jpegtcc909engMode 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 80, folder 20, document 01.United States. Office of Indian Affairs--Officials and employees--Selection and appointmentIndian agentsCreek Indians--Government relationsGeorgia--Politics and government--1775-1865Governors--Georgia[Letter] 1817 Mar. 7, Savannah [to] Governor David B. Mitchell, Milledgeville / Anthony PorterText