United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181791-12-12This is a petition (or memorial) relating to the Yazoo land sales on behalf of the South Carolina Yazoo Company and directed to the Georgia Senate. The petitioners argue that they have attempted to comply with the conditions of an act passed by the Georgia Assembly on December 21, 1789 for disposing of "vacant land or territory within this State." They insist that recent protests among Georgia legislators against the sale of these lands violates their contractual agreement and they demand that the state accept payment for the lands as previously agreed. Of particular note is that the various land companies were expected to eliminate all existing Indian title to the lands, a proposition frustrated by the Treaty of New York with the Creek Indians (August 7, 1790). The petitioners strenuously assert that their rights are being violated by both the actions of the federal government and the state government of Georgia with respect to the western territory of that state. The petition is signed by Alexander Moultrie, William Clay Snipes, Isaac Huger, and William Moultrie.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/jpegtcc934engMode 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 83, folder 31, document 02.Public lands--GeorgiaCreek Indians--TreatiesCreek Indians--Land tenureIndian land transfersSouth-Carolina Yazoo CompanyYazoo Fraud, 1795Memorial to the president and members of the senate of the state of Georgia, 1791 Dec. 12 / A[le]x[ande[r] Moultrie ... [et al.]Text