Georgia Commission to Attend a Treaty with the Creek Indians journal, 1796.

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Georgia Commission to Attend a Treaty with the Creek Indians journal, 1796.

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The collection consists of a volume entitled "Journals of the Commissioners of the State of Georgia Appointed to Attend on its behalf a Treaty to be held under the Authority of the United States, for the purpose of obtaining a relinquishment of the claims of the Creek Indians to certain lands, contemplated in an Act of the State passed on the 28th day of December 1794." The last part of the volume contains the accounts of the Commissioners with the State of Georgia. The journal contains the meeting minutes and correspondence of the commissioners, including General James Jackson, James Hendricks, James Simms, Thomas Robertson, Benjamin Hawkins, George Clymer, and Andrew Pickins, and Jared Irwin, Governor of Georgia.

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Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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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...

Jackson, James, 1757-1806

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James Jackson (1757-1806), U.S. Senator and Georgia Governor (1798-1801) born in Moreton, England. From the description of Letters to Anthony Wayne, 1782. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478045 U.S. senator from Georgia, 1793-1795, 1801-1806, and governor of Georgia, 1798-1801. From the description of Papers, 1775-1843. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19851544 James Jackson (1757-1806) was born in Devonshire, England. In 1772, he arrived ...

Georgia

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On April 21, 1732, King George of England signed a charter establishing the colony of Georgia. The colony was settled by James Edward Oglethorpe in 1733. From the description of Georgia records, 1735-1822. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 174142600 The Commission to Attend a Treaty with the Creek Indians consisted of many well-known Georgia men, including James Hendricks (chair of the commission), General James Jackson, James Simms, Benjamin Hawkins, George ...

Irwin, Jared, 1750-1818

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State legislator and governor of Georgia, from Washington County, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1783-1855. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19851873 ...