[Letter] 1814 Feb. 4, Fort Armstrong, [Alabama to] Colo[nel] R[eturn] J. Meigs, Highwassee [i.e., Hiwassee] Garrison / Gideon Morgan of an image
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| Type: | Military records |
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| Creator: | Morgan, Gideon |
| Title: | [Letter] 1814 Feb. 4, Fort Armstrong, [Alabama to] Colo[nel] R[eturn] J. Meigs, Highwassee [i.e., Hiwassee] Garrison / Gideon Morgan of an image |
| Date: | 1814 Feb. 4 |
| Description: | This is a letter written by Colonel Gideon Morgan to Colonel Return J. Meigs, U.S. Agent to the Cherokees, on February 4, 1814. Morgan gives an account of troop movements and engagements during the Creek War (1813-1814) in which his Cherokee troops allied themselves with General Andrew Jackson's American forces against the Creeks. Document ID: mp018. 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. |
| Subjects: | Creek War, 1813-1814 | Creek War, 1813-1814--Participation, Indian | Cherokee Indians--Warfare | Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 | Alabama |
| Contributors: | Hoskins Library | University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Libraries | Southeastern Native American Documents Collection (GALILEO (Georgia statewide project)) GAGAL | Digital Library of Georgia |
| Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001 |
| Original Material: | 4 pages/leaves | Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Morgan Papers, box 10, folder n/a, document tl018. |
| Rights and Usage: | This work is the property of the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. 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], Morgan Papers, Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia |
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| Persistent Link to Item: | http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:mp018 |
| 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 |