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Darien  
June 1st 1818  
Major W J McIntosh 
Sir, 
"Have you in possession Eigty [Eighty]  Eight Negroes taken by Mr McQueen McIntosh in the Creek Nation from Jared E [unclear text: Groce ] "  
"What claim have you to them, & why were they arrested"  
"What do you intend to do with them"  
"The Negroes taken from Mr. Jared E Groce by Mr McQueen McIntosh belongs to me; they were illegally arrested and forcibly brot [brought]  into the State of Georgia by him and I do by these presents demand the same to be immediately restored, together with a reasonable compensation for their detention."  
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[Signed] Wm. [William]  Bowen  
 
 
 
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Mr Bowens confession that the Negroes were his property.-  
 
 
 
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I have Eigty [Eighty]  Seven of these Negroes in my possession, one of the 88 having died  
For having violated certain acts of Congress, being found within the jurisdictional Limits of the U States  
Deliver them over to the State of Georgia in complyance [compliance]  with an order from his Excellency Govr. [Governor]  Rabun  
Any claim which you may interpose for sd. [said]  Negroes I cannot conceive will be impair'd [impaired], simply by a change of custody only, & being indemnified by the State, your recourse must therefore be against his Excellency, having orderd [ordered]  a delivery of said Negroes to his Agent Charles Williamson Esqr.  
Signed-  
[Signed] W [William]  J McIntosh  [unclear text: Coll. ]  
Dist. of Brunswick Geoa. [Georgia]  
 
 
 
 
 
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Bowens Confession that the Negroes belonged to him 
 
1818