George Michael Troup letters, 1823-1826.

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George Michael Troup letters, 1823-1826.

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This collection consists of three letters from George M. Troup. In the first letter, written to the Executive Department of the House of Representatives in Milledgeville, Georgia, 1823, Troup gives John A. Cuthbert's fee as additional counsel in the case of the claim interposed by the State to the Africans. The second letter, written again to the Executive Department, describes the need of additional funds to print more copies of A.S. Clayton's Georgia Justice and O.H. Prince's Digest of the Laws of Georgia to supply to county officers. In the third letter, Troup writes to William Coffee Daniell of the appointment of Hamilton Fulton as Chief Engineer of the State.

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Troup, George Michael, 1780-1856

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"George Troup served as a state representative, U.S. congressman, U.S. senator, and Georgia governor during the course of a lifelong political career. His two terms as Georgia's thirtieth governor (1823-27) were marked by his successful efforts to ensure the removal of the Creek Indians from the state. During the ensuing negotiations with the federal government over the Creek removal, Troup was a staunch advocate for state's rights. A Democratic Republican and later a Jacksonian, Troup was known...