[Letter] 1767 Oct. 20, London [to] Fenwick Bull / [Letter] 1768 Apr. 21, London [to] Fenwick Bull; [Letter] 1768 May 9 [to Fenwick] Bull / [Isaac Levy ?]
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| Type: | Letters (correspondence) | Text |
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| Title: | [Letter] 1767 Oct. 20, London [to] Fenwick Bull / [Letter] 1768 Apr. 21, London [to] Fenwick Bull; [Letter] 1768 May 9 [to Fenwick] Bull / [Isaac Levy ?] |
| Date: | 1767 Oct. 20-1768 May 9 |
| Description: | This document consists of three separate copied letters to Fenwick Bull which may have been written by Isaac Levy. The first letter, dated from London on October 20, 1767, mentions an earlier letter in which the author discusses a legal dispute over property, including St. Catherine's Island (off the coast of the Georgia colony), which he purportedly purchased from Thomas Bosomworth (husband of Mary Bosomworth, a.k.a. Mary Musgrove or Coosaponakeesa). The second letter, dated from London on April 21, 1768, requests a response to the letter of October 20 and outlines further legal transactions on the part of the author. The third letter (incomplete), dated May 9, 1768, acknowledges Bull's response to the author's earlier requests for help and thanks Bull for taking legal steps against Thomas Bosomworth. The author attempts to validate Bosomworth's title to the islands, allegedly granted by the Creeks, as well as his sale of said islands to Levy. It further states that the Crown did not prohibit Indians from selling their own land until 1758, nine years after the Creeks supposedly gave the land to the Bosomworths. Document ID: krc055. 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. |
| Subjects: | Creek Indians--Legal status, laws, etc. | Bosomworth, Thomas | Indian land transfers | Levy, Isaac | Musgrove, Mary, 1700-1765 | Georgia |
| Contributors: | Hargrett Library |
| Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001 |
| Original Material: | Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 02, folder 92, document 01. |
| Rights and Usage: | This work is the property of the University of Georgia Libraries. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. Cite as: [title of item], Keith Read, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia |
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| Related Institutions: | Digital Library of Georgia Hargrett Library Museum of the Cherokee Indian Tennessee State Library and Archives Tennessee State Museum Frank H. McClung Museum (Knoxville, Tenn.) Hoskins Library LaFayette-Walker County Library |
| Collection Information: | Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 |