Letter, 1837 Apr. 10, Oak Lawn to Governor W[illia]m Schley, Milledgeville, G[eorgi]a / John G. Polhill
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| Type: | Letters (correspondence) | Text |
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| Creator: | Polhill, John Goldwire, 1793-1838 |
| Title: | Letter, 1837 Apr. 10, Oak Lawn to Governor W[illia]m Schley, Milledgeville, G[eorgi]a / John G. Polhill |
| Date: | 1837 Apr. 10 |
| Description: | This is a letter dated April 10, 1837 from Judge John G. Polhill to Governor William Schley (Governor of Georgia, 1835-1837) addressing the governor's request for a legal opinion of a recent act of the Georgia General Assembly that requires the governor to pay for personal property lost by soldiers while fighting Indians. Polhill discusses the specific wording of the act in great detail and advises Governor Schley to interpret the act conservatively and therefore only reimburse soldiers for property lost under extraordinary circumstances, such as in actual battle or in "immediate pursuit" of Indians. This document is related to tcc603. Document ID: tcc602. 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--Warfare | Georgia. General Assembly | Georgia. Militia | War damage compensation |
| 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 15, 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], Telamon Cuyler, 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:tcc602 |
| 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 |