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Letter, 1812 Dec. 7, Creek Agency [to David B. Mitchell], Governor of Georgia / Colo[nel] Benjamin Hawkins

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This document is a letter from Colonel Benjamin Hawkins, U.S. Agent to the Creeks, to an unnamed Governor of Georgia (probably David B. Mitchell, 1809-1813, 1815-1817), dated December 7, 1812. Hawkins reports to Mitchell that he has apprehended, for a second time, an unnamed male slave belonging to Elijah Walker. He states that the fugitive was captured while en route to the Seminole Indian territory in a canoe.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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  1. Creek Indians
  2. Fugitive Slaves
  3. Seminole Indians
  4. Slaver

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