[Letter] 1796 Aug. 23, War Office [to] Governor of Georgia / James McHenry McHenry, James, 1753-1816 Creek Indians--Treaties Creek Indians--Government relations Indian land transfers This document is a letter from Secretary of War James McHenry (1796-1800) to the Governor of Georgia regarding the recent failure of a proposed land cession by the Creek Indians. McHenry discusses an unnamed treaty (possibly the Treaty of Coleraine, 1796) to which the Creeks agreed and advises that the state of Georgia remain patient with respect to further land cessions. McHenry mentions that the unnamed treaty is enclosed, but it does not appear in this collection. Document ID: tcc098. Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, 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 2000 Letters (correspondence) Text http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:tcc098 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, Telamon Cuyler, box 77, folder 17, document 04. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1796-08-23 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], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia