James Seagrove

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  Violence from Indians

  10/27/1792 Printed Document

  Conveyed disposition of Indian towns with details about each town and tribe. Urgently requests Seagrove to impress upon chiefs a council to restrain young men that are committing violent acts.

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  The Spanish Have Seized Bowles

  03/25/1792 Extract

  An extract in which McGillivray [M'Gillivray] tells James Seagrove that, since William Bowles has been captured by the Spanish, he is free now to meet him at Rock Landing

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  Protecting the Creek Boundaries, Etc.

  02/20/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Knox's detailed instructions to James Seagrove regarding the subversive actives of Williams Bowles and the necessity of establishing the boundaries negotiated with the Creeks in the Treaty of New …

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  Problems with Cussetahs

  10/15/1792 Printed Document

  Intelligence that some "busy person" is trying to stop the Cussetah Indians from visiting Seagrove. Galphin exerting every effort to stop such proceedings. Indians sent to Providence displeased with …

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  Peace with the Spanish

  04/29/1792 Contemporary Copy of Letter

  Secretary Knox directs James Seagrove - Superintendent of the Southern Department - to be cordial with the Spanish, and report any troublemakers like Bowles. Wants peace with the Spanish.

  Papers of the Panton, Leslie & Company.
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  Murder of Young Man by Indians

  08/23/1792 Printed Document

  [A talk From the Kings, chiefs, warriors, and head-men of the Cussetahs and Cowetas, to James Seagrove.] Noted murder of young man by Indians, Cussetahs and Cowetahs did not know the identity of the …

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  Meeting with Cowetahs and Cussetahs

  10/15/1792 Printed Document

  Cowetah and Cussetah will meet with Seagrove, requested provisions at meeting place. Durouzeaux cannot convey McGillivray's letter personally as his horse died.

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  McGillivray's Loyalty & Taking Up Residence Among the Creeks

  10/31/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Knox warns that the loyalty of McGillivray should be monitored since he appears to be making overtures to the Spanish. He strongly recommends that Seagrove or other agents take up residence among the …

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  Letter Citation

  10/11/1792 Cited letter or document

  Cited in Knox to Seagrove, 10/31/1792.

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  Letter Citation

  08/31/1792 Cited letter or document

  Cited in Knox to Seagrove, 10/27/1792.

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  Letter Citation

  08/30/1792 Cited letter or document

  Cited in Seagrove to Knox, 10/17/1792

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  Letter Citation

  08/15/1792 Cited letter or document

  Cited in Seagrove to The White Lieutenant, 10/07/1792.

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  Intrigues of William Augustus Bowles

  05/18/1792 Extract of Letter

  Letter from Creek chief to the Indian Agent at the Southern Department. McGillivray had been waiting post month to get Lower gentry into humour of attending to national matters and to recover from …

  Preston Family Papers - Joyes Collection
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  Indian Land Rights;

  10/09/1792 Printed Document

  Deterred Seagrove from listening to Bowles. Discussed boundary line, and hostilities of Indians. Treaty of New York and Spanish interests veted with Governor of Louisiana. Land rights of several …

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  Incarceration of Bowles in New Orleans

  04/08/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  McGillivray [M'Gillivray] describes for James Seagrove the capture by the Spanish of William Bowles and Bowles' subsequent incarceration in New Orleans.

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  Enclosed Invoice, Transport of Goods

  09/24/1792 Printed Document

  Enclosed invoice of articles transported by sloop Polly and the schooner Oak. Requests duplicate receipts upon arrival of articles.

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  Desire for Peace

  08/01/1792 Typed Document

  Assurances that the council talks are being debated and that Indians desire peace with U.S. Lack of head man, confusion, and need for a commissary to advise Indians has delayed formal response.

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  Creek Relations

  08/11/1792 Typed Document

  Suspicions of McGillivray's integrity confirmed. Noted his role in influencing Creek sentiments toward U.S. government. Approaches on how to cajole him to satisfy U.S. governments needs relative to …

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  Cowetas Not Responsible for the Murder

  05/28/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Durouzeaux informs Seagrove that the Cowetas were not responsible for the recent murder. General McGillivray has gone to New Orleans so the headmen of the Coweta and Cussetah will come to Rock Landing …

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  British Disavow Association with Bowles

  04/11/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Knox informs James Seagrove of the British disavowal of any association whatsoever with William Bowles.

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  Bowles' Capture Improves the Chance for Peace

  05/10/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Timothy Barnard informs James Seagrove that with William Bowles captured by the Spanish, the subversive activities that had stirred up the lower Creeks should cease and improve the chances for peace.

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  Bowles is a Mere Tool of Other Persons

  06/14/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Governor Quesada thanks Seagrove for keeping him informed of events that may be of concern to the Spanish. He is convinced that Bowles and others have attempted to turn the Indians against the Spanish …

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  [Untitled]

  06/02/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Durouzeaux reports on the activies of sundry Indian chiefs.

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  Yourself and Property Shall Be Safe

  01/06/1793 Letterbook Copy

  David Cornell informs James Seagrove that he took a scalp in the Cumberland at the behest of the Spanish; therefore, due to this foreign influence, Cornell maintains that he is not rightly to be …

  Third Congress: Transcribed Confidential Reports and Other Communications Transmitted by the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives, 3d
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  The speech of Nioctsaw Mico or Sick King a Simanolla.

  1793 Copy of document

  Undated letter, presumably written during spring or summer of 1793, translated by Langley Bryant with sworn testimony by Joseph Ellicot, surveyor, that the document is an exact copy. Addressing James …

  Third Congress: Transcribed Confidential Reports and Other Communications Transmitted by the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives, 3d