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The collection consists of manuscripts of and relating to Creek Indians in the disputed boundaries of Georgia. Depositions
include William Cavanah of Montgomery County, Georgia, dated January 28, 1798, Jefferson County, Georgia, regarding the Cavanah's
plantation; and Brigadier-General David Blackshear of the Georgia Militia, dated September 29, 1813, for protection of the
Indian frontier and erection of three forts. Also included is a letter from Samuel Jackson to Jack F. Cock, dated November
8, 1813, ordering Cock's company of Georgia Militia to proceed to Smith's fort for protection of the frontier; a declaration
signed by Little Prince and twenty-eight Creek town chiefs of Broken Arrow, Creek Nation, dated August 24, 1826, regarding
laws; declaration signed by Chilly McIntosh and nine others, dated August 28, 1826, disputing the laws cited by Little Prince
under which General William McIntosh had been executed and his property confiscated; and a statement of the prisoners (all
women) brought in from Thomas County, Georgia, dated September 28, 1836, signed by J.A. Chambers, regarding attacks on the
Chattahoochee River, the capture of Eneah Mathla, and the escape of a party of Uchus.
The collection also includes a list of thirty-five African slaves captured by the Seminole Indians in Southern Florida and
redeemed by order of General Thomas S. Jesup. The list includes name, age, height, sex, name of captor, place and date of
capture, personal description, and owner's name. On the reverse is an order signed by General Jesup for payment to their captors
of $20.00 for each slave on the list.
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