Private Property and Accounts
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Private Property and Accounts
Description
Opinion that Negro woman is private property, information on private accounts of Benjamin Hawkins. Requests orders on how to act if Indians were to engage the U.S. in war, cites his location as badly supplied and dangerous.
year created
1800
month created
05
day created
26
author
sent from location
Fort Wilkinson
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in collection
note
Cited in Wright to Harris, 08/01/1800.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
John Harris
Edward Wright
Indians
Creeks
Indian Nation
Benjamin Hawkins
slaves
women
Negro
Gibbons
children
notable location
Philadelphia
Fort Wilkinson
Georgia
frontier
factory
notable item/thing
dollars
document number
1800052680101
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | XFV12 (4 pages) | Collection: Correspondence (Letters Received, Letters Sent, and Accounts) of the Creek Factory, 1795-1814. (RG75) | Chronological |
| [view document] (4 pages) | XFV12a (4 pages) | Collection: Correspondence (Letters Received, Letters Sent, and Accounts) of the Creek Factory, 1795-1814. (RG75) | Chronological |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Edward Wright | Fort Wilkinson | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Harris | Philadelphia | [n/a] |