Benjamin Hawkins letters, 1800, 1802.

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Benjamin Hawkins letters, 1800, 1802.

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The collection consists of two letters of Benjamin Hawkins in 1800 and 1802. The first, on November 9, 1800 from Fort Williamson to David Henley tells of attempts to enlist the Indians against the Spanish and tells of moving Hawkins' residence to Toolcambatchee on the Tallapossa River. The second letter, dated March 21, 1802 from Toolcambatchee to Joseph Clay reports that a conference with the Creeks will be held on May 1st which will be of interest to Georgia and the 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...

Henley, David, 1749-1823

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Samuel Hodgdon served in the Washington and Adams administrations as the Quartermaster General. From the description of Letter from Samuel Hodgdon : respecting wagons loaded with goods for the Cherokee treaty, 1798 March 1. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64060940 Continental Army officer; commissioner of Indian Affairs in Tennessee; and clerk in the War Dept., Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1791-1800. (Duke University Library)...

Clay, Joseph, 1741-1804

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Merchant, Revolutionary officer, and member of the Continental Congress; from Savannah, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1767-1800. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20649203 Businessman, army officer, and U.S. Continental Congress delegate from Georgia. From the description of Joseph Clay correspondence, 1794. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453625 Joseph Clay (1741-1804) came to Savannah from England in 1760. He was a planter engaged i...