[Letter] 1799 Oct. 11, Flint River [to] Capt[ai]n Span or Capt[ai]n [John?] Swelley, Montgomery County, Georgia / Timothy Barnard
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| Type: | Letters (correspondence) |
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| Creator: | Barnard, Timothy, 1745-1820 |
| Title: | [Letter] 1799 Oct. 11, Flint River [to] Capt[ai]n Span or Capt[ai]n [John?] Swelley, Montgomery County, Georgia / Timothy Barnard |
| Date: | 1799 Oct. 11 |
| Description: | This is a letter dated October 11, 1799 from Timothy Barnard, an Indian trader who lived amongst the Cusseta Indians, to Captain Span or Captain (John?) Swelley in Montgomery County, Georgia. Barnard reports that he has just returned from a meeting about the Georgia/Florida boundary line and predicts that the line will be finished soon. He discusses the problem of horse-stealing and says that an Indian chief called the Dog Lieutenant had assured Captain Swelley last winter that he and the other chiefs would return any horses stolen by their people. Barnard closes the letter by stating that he is confident that the Indian chiefs in the area are indeed determined to stop the stealing, but he cautions white settlers to guard against the practice as a precaution. Document ID: tcc766. 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--Claims against | Indian traders | Horse stealing | Boundaries | Florida | Georgia |
| Contributors: | Hargrett Library | Digital Library of Georgia | Southeastern Native American Documents Collection (GALILEO (Georgia statewide project)) GAGAL |
| Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001 |
| Original Material: | 4 pages/leaves | Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 06, folder 03, document 01. |
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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 |