Description

This is a letter written to Benjamin Hawkins, U.S. Agent to the Creeks, from Tennessee Governor John Sevier (1796-1801, 1803-1809) on February 17, 1797. Sevier recounts the story of two escaped slaves belonging to Capt. James Richardson who ended up in the Cherokee Nation and were later taken by a Creek man, who is said to be holding them until the Cherokees return horses that were stolen from him. He asks Hawkins to see that the slaves are returned. Sevier also tells Hawkins that he suspects that Creeks or Cherokees have recently been committing aggressions against settlers in the Cumberland settlement.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Tennesse State Library and Archives

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Digital Library of Georgia