- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1804 July 29, Jackson County, Georgia, [to] Governor John Millidge [i.e. Milledge], Louisville, Georgia / W[illia]m Barnett and B[uckner] Harris
- Creator:
- Barnett, William
- Contributor to Resource:
- Harris, Buckner
- Date of Original:
- 1804-07-29
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Land use
Roads--Design and construction
Georgia--Appropriations and expenditures - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated July 29, 1804 from Colonel William Barnett and General Buckner Harris of Jackson County, Georgia to Governor John Milledge (Governor of Georgia, 1802-1806). Barnett and Harris acknowledge Milledge's appointment of each of them as commissioners for laying out a road between Tennessee and Georgia through the Cherokee Nation. They refer to an enclosed copy of a letter to John Sevier, Governor of the State of Franklin (1785-1788) and Governor of Tennessee (1796-1801, 1803-1809) (see tcc917). Barnett and Harris request the advance money that the governor promised them, and state that they will keep their expenses to a minimum. They also promise to send the governor periodic reports.
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:
- tcc920
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc920
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc920#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc920/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 81, folder 21, document 07.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Jackson County
29 July 1804.
His Excellency John Milledge
Sir
on the reception of your appointment to us as Commissioners for Opening the road from Tennessee state through the Cherokee Nation (Colonel Early then being in the Creek Nation) we formd [formed] a Board on the
6th of July and Addressed a Letter to his Excellency John Sevier a Coppy [Copy] of which is hearwith [herewith] enclosed Together with [added text: a Copy ] of his answers dated Knoxville
19th JulyInt. [Instant] [document damaged] We propose seting [setting] out from Jackson County on the
10th of August next
The Advance of money spoken off [of] in your Communications to us of the
22nd of June will now be wanted --
We shall feel gratified if we are enabled to report the Completion of this road without the Expenditure of much Publick [Public] money. We shall report our proceedings to you from time to time and we
Page: [2]
shall feel Honoured [Honored] with any Communication from you
We Have the Honor
to be with much Esteem
your Excellencys Most
Obt Sert [Obedient Servant]
[Signed] Wm [William] Barnett
[Signed] B [Buckner] Harris
Page: [3]
His Excellency John Millidge Louisville
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William Barnett
Buckner Harris
29th July 1804
Order taken
7th. August 1804
Roads