Questions regarding legitimacy of previous treaties between Creeks and Georgia
Document 1789Request for information regarding treaties at Augusta, 1783, Galphinton, 1785, and Shoulderbone, 1786. Principal points are whether all lands belonging to the upper and lower Creeks are common property of whole nation, or whether the lands were ceded to Georgia by the three treaties. Were the proprietors of the lands stated to have been ceded to Georgia present or fully represented by the treaties? Were the treaties and cessions made freely on the part of the Creeks, uninfluenced by threat of force?
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Request for information regarding treaties at Augusta, 1783, Galphinton, 1785, and Shoulderbone, 1786. Principal points are whether all lands belonging to the upper and lower Creeks are common property of whole nation, or whether the lands were ceded to Georgia by the three treaties. Were the proprietors of the lands stated to have been ceded to Georgia present or fully represented by the treaties? Were the treaties and cessions made freely on the part of the Creeks, uninfluenced by threat of force?
Date
10/03/1789
Recipient
Sent from
Augusta
Collection
Document number
1789100390000
Note
Enclosed in Lincoln, Griffin, and Humphreys [Report of the Commissioners for treating with the Southern Indians], 11/17/1789.
Notable persons
George Walton
Benjamin Lincoln
Cyrus Griffin
D. Humphreys
Upper Creeks
Lower Creeks
proprietors
Indians
Indian nation
Creek Nation
Notable locations
Augusta
Galphinton
Shoulderbone
Georgia
Notable items
Treaties at Augusta1783
Treaties atGalphinton, 1785
Treaties at Shoulderbone, 1786
land
common property
Indian affairs
Indian relations
threat of force
land cessions