- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1789 Sept. 16, Rock Landing [Georgia to] Governor [George] Walton / Robert Forsyth
- Creator:
- Forsyth, Robert
- Date of Original:
- 1789-09-16
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Treaties
- People:
- Walton, George, 1749 or 1750-1804--Correspondence
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- military records
letters (correspondence) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Letter dated September 16, 1789 from Robert Forsyth, state agent at Rock Landing (Baldwin County, Ga.) to Georgia Governor George Walton (1789-1790) concerning Walton's request that Forsyth transmit provision requests to Augusta. The provisions referred to were needed to supply commissioners and Creek Indians congregating for the purpose of negotiating a treaty. Forsyth refers to the commissioners' efforts, at the camp of Creek leader Alexander McGillivray, to persuade the Creeks to continue the treaty deliberations.
Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- tcc018
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc018
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc018#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc018/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 77, folder 33, document 11.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Letter Robert Forsyth [unclear text: S A [State Agent] ]
16th September 1789
Ordered [deleted text: [unclear text: to be ] ] [deleted text: [illegible text] ] [added text: Mr. Hillhouse ] [document torn] [illegible text]
29th Octor. [October] 1789
Treaties
[unclear text: Governor ] Walton
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Rock Landing
16th Sepr. [September] 1789
His Honor Governor Walton,
Sir,
I am honored with your two favours [favors] of the 14th and have just time to answer 'em [them] by an express who this moment sets out for Augusta with Lrs. [Letters] to The Hon [Honorable] Commissioners [unclear text: of ] Congress -- Your Letter expresses a wish that I should imediately [immediately] [unclear text: ride ] to Augusta in order to give the necessary information with respect to Provisions, this is not in my power, for my every attention is
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required here and indeed my hands are full. -- The Commissioners have never yet been able to procure a satisfactory estimate of the [unclear text: Prov.'s [Provisions] ] to be expected from the Contractor [unclear text: Mr. Hillhouse ] ; hitherto the Indians have been pretty well supply'd [supplied] but as he is not in Camp I cannot forw'd [forward] you the necessary information.
The Gentlemen Commissioners have just return'd [returned] frm. [from] McGillivrays Camp and I trust their warm endeavours [endeavors] to detain the Indians may prevail
I am respectfully Yr. [Your] Honors Most Obdt. Serv. [Obedient Servant]
[Signed] Rob. [Robert] Forsyth