Letters, 1779-1816.

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Letters, 1779-1816.

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Typescripts of correspondence (1779-1816) to and from Hawkins, compiled from repositories around the country, discussing national affairs. The collection focuses on Indian affairs in the southern United States and Hawkins' contacts with Creek Indians.

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Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816

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Benjamin Hawkins (August 15, 1754 – June 6, 1816) was an American planter, statesman and a U.S. Indian agent He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a United States Senator from North Carolina, having grown up among the planter elite. Appointed by George Washington in 1796 as one of three commissioners to the Creeks, in 1801 President Jefferson named him "principal agent for Indian affairs south of the Ohio [River]", and was principal Indian agent to the Creek Indians. Born on his f...