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Letter, 1836 March 28 [to] Gov[ernor] W[illia]m Schley, Milledgeville, G[eorgi]a / Ben[jamin] F. Currey

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Type: Letters (correspondence) | Military records | Text
Creator: Currey, Benjamin F.
Title: Letter, 1836 March 28 [to] Gov[ernor] W[illia]m Schley, Milledgeville, G[eorgi]a / Ben[jamin] F. Currey
Date: 1836 Mar. 28
Description: This is a letter dated March 28, 1836 from Benjamin F. Currey, to Governor William Schley (Governor of Georgia, 1835-1837) regarding an enclosed letter (which does not survive with this letter) that Currey wants the governor to read and then forward to Colonel Joel Yancy at Fort King. Yancy, Currey points out, was once assigned to the Cherokee service but was transferred at Currey's suggestion to a position as an officer associated with the removal of the Seminoles.

Document ID: tcc571.

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: Seminole Indians--Relocation | Indian agents | 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, Telamon Cuyler, box 50, folder 06, document 02.
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], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia

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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