- Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
- Title:
- Journal of the Conference at Coleraine
- Date of Original:
- 1796
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Treaties
Invoices--Georgia
Creek Indians--Government relations
Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- documents
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Journal of the Georgia Commissioners negotiation with the Creek Indians at Coleraine.
When the United States government sent a federal commission, led by Benjamin Hawkins, to meet with leaders of the Creek Indians at Coleraine in May-June 1796, the State of Georgia sent commissioners, militia, and a schooner loaded with goods to represent its claims. Georgia hoped to obtain further land cessions to the Ocmulgee River. Instead, the Georgia commissioners at the end of the conference lodged a protest against the regulations governing the conference which limited their efforts in "conciliating the affections" of the Creeks; against the establishment of federal military and trading posts on Creek territory; and against the voiding of the state's treaties of Augusta, Galphinton and Shoulderbone. The journal includes copies of correspondence; minutes of the Georgia commissioners; minutes of the Coleraine commission; and accounts for the goods and commissioners' expenses. The Georgia commission's protest is on pp. 146-154. The journal does not include the text of the federal Treaty of Coleraine. - Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/adhoc/id/1757
- Rights Holder:
- Users may download the images for personal or educational use
- Original Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
Indian Claims (Treaties and Spoliations), Governor, RG 1-1-25, Georgia Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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