Letters, 1777-1792.

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Letters, 1777-1792.

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Letters, 1777-1792, of McGillivray, outgoing, in one volume, several to the Colonial Office of Great Britain discussing attempts to use the Creeks to thwart the American Revolution in Ga., with the letter of 1783 Aug. 30 from McGillivray to Col. Brown, British Superintendent at Pensacola, Fla., of particular interest, as McGillivray discussed the British treatment of the Creeks as "cruel and unjust" when the British acquiesced in allowing Indian lands to be divided among the U.S. and Spain. There are about forty letters to the Spanish government, 1784-1791, through Gov. Miro, Gov. Zespedes, and others, many discussing business ventures with William Panton, the diplomatic effort to get the Spanish to help prevent further U.S. encroachments on Indian lands, on what the U.S. did in S.C. and in Ga. to rectify abuses against the Cherokee and Creek nations, and several letters regarding the U.S. commission to amicably settle the dispute between the Creeks and the U.S. Of special interest is the 1789 Dec. 1 letter from McGillivray to the Spanish West Florida governor, Zespedes, regarding the meeting between McGillivray and the U.S. Indian Commission on the Oconee River in 1790 Sept., and the acceptance of the U.S. treaty proposal by McGillivray, and other subjects. There is also a letter, 1792, from McGillivray to Secretary of War Henry Knox regarding the Americans in Georgia completely ignoring the treaty between the Creek nation and the U.S. There are also several letters, 1784-1789, from McGillivray to the other partners in Panton, Leslie and Co. in Pensacola, Fla., and Mobile, Ala., including William Panton, John Leslie, and Charles MacLatchy regarding relations between the Creeks, the U.S., and Spain.

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Miro, Stephen.

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MacLatchy, Charles.

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West Florida. Superintendent.

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Zespedes.

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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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American revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Thomas Jefferson, 1793 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596665 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Henry Jackson, 1796 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596669 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Westpoint, to Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, 1782 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598200 ...

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West Florida. Governor (1784-1791)

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East Florida. Governor (1784-1791)

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East Florida. Governor.

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McGillivray, Alexander, d. 1793.

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McGillivray was probably born at Fort Toulouse, Elmore Co., Ala., to Lachlan and Sehoy McGillivray. He was educated at Charleston, S.C. In 1784, known as the emperor of the Creeks and Seminoles, he negotiated the treaty with Spain at Pensacola, Fla. He visited Pres. George Washington at N.Y., N.Y., and was appointed agent of the U.S., with the rank of brigadier-general. Soon thereafter the King of Spain appointed him superintendent general of the Creek nation. He simultaneously was a member of t...