[Letter] 1834 Jul. 4, Philadelphia [to] John Fontaine, Columbus, Georgia / Jno. [i.e. John] Milton Milton, John, fl. 1834 Creek Indians--Land tenure This is a letter dated July 4, 1834 from John Milton to John Fontaine, a Columbus, Georgia merchant and politician, regarding negotiations with the Western Creeks for the purchase of "five sections" of Indian land. Milton notes that there was a partial settlement between himself and (Chilly?) McIntosh, who is in debt to Milton. After speaking with the president (Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837), Milton is confident that the United States will support the terms of negotiation advocated by himself. Document ID: jft002. 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. Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia Hargrett Library 2001 Letters (correspondence) Text http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:jft002 3 pages/leaves text/html image/jpeg image/x-djvu Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, John Fontaine Papers, box 01, folder 1834 July-September, document 01. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1834-07-04 Georgia 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], John Fontaine Papers, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia