Request to keep Indians together in preparation for treaty talks
Document 1789Commissioners honored by receipt of letter addressed on 16 August. They are astonished at the information from Pickens and Osborne, which is diametrically contrary to ideas of Governor of Georgia. Ask that Pickens and Osborne continue to keep Indians together and ask that they forward accompanying letter to Alexander McGillivray.
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Description
Commissioners honored by receipt of letter addressed on 16 August. They are astonished at the information from Pickens and Osborne, which is diametrically contrary to ideas of Governor of Georgia. Ask that Pickens and Osborne continue to keep Indians together and ask that they forward accompanying letter to Alexander McGillivray.
Date
09/18/1789
Recipient
Sent from
Augusta
Collection
Document number
1789091890300
Note
Enclosed in Lincoln, Griffin, and Humphreys [Report of the Commissioners for treating with the Southern Indians], 11/17/1789.
Notable persons
Pickens
Osborne
Governor of Georgia
Alexander McGillivray
Creeks
Indians
commissioners
Benjamin Lincoln
Cyrus Griffin
D. Humphreys
Andrew Pickens
H. Osborne
Notable locations
Georgia
Augusta
Notable items
treaty talks
Report of the Commissioners for treating with the Southern Indians