Putnam, A. W. (Albigence Waldo)United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027Robertson, James, 1742-18141788-08-03This document is comprised of two parts. The first is a letter written by Colonel James Robertson, U.S. Agent to the Chickasaws, to Creek leader Alexander McGillivray on August 3, 1788. Robertson discusses acts of violence committed by the Creeks and Cherokees against American settlers. Robertson asks McGillivray to assist in ending such hostilities and offers him a rifle and land in the Cumberland River region. The second part of the document is a lengthy explanation of Robertson's letter along with a character sketch of McGillivray and historical analysis of the era, written by A. W. Putnam in 1857.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegths024engManuscript held by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Tennessee Historical Society , box 10, folder n/a, document tl024.Mode 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/Creek Indians--WarfareCherokee Indians--Violence againstCreek Indians--Government relationsCreek Indians--TreatiesMcGillivray, Alexander, ca. 1740-1793[Letter] 1788 Aug. 3, Nashville [to] Alexander McGillivray / James Robertson. Opposition of McGillivray the great chief of the Creeks, 1857 / A. W. Putnam of an imageText