Letter : Fort Strother, [Ala.], to Majr Genl. [Andrew] Jackson, Washington [D.C.], 1815 Oct. 3.

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Letter : Fort Strother, [Ala.], to Majr Genl. [Andrew] Jackson, Washington [D.C.], 1815 Oct. 3.

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Letter written to Andrew Jackson in the aftermath of the Treaty of Fort Jackson, asking why promised provisions, which the Creeks had bought and paid for, were not delivered; stressing that the tribe's outright gifts of land to Jackson, Hawkins, and others must be confirmed and recorded; and requesting that prisoners in the hands of the Cherokees, Chickasaws, and Choctaws be returned.

1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 25 cm.

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