[Letter] 1790 July 21, Augusta, [Georgia to] Doct[o]r George Jones, Savannah, [Georgia] / Ja[me]s Meriwether
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| Type: | Letters (correspondence) | Text |
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| Creator: | Meriwether, James |
| Title: | [Letter] 1790 July 21, Augusta, [Georgia to] Doct[o]r George Jones, Savannah, [Georgia] / Ja[me]s Meriwether |
| Date: | 1790 July 21 |
| Description: | James Meriwether writes from Augusta, Georgia to George Jones, a Savannah politician, on July 21, 1790 concerning a business transaction. He mentions that settlers have been committing "outrages" on unnamed Indians, expresses his opposition to such criminal activity, and recommends active attempts to bring the perpetrators to justice. Meriwether encloses a proclamation (no longer attached) relative to the attacks upon Indians. Document ID: krc124. 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: | Indians of North America--Crimes against | 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 18, folder 40, 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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| Persistent Link to Item: | http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:krc124 |
| 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 |