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Title David Brydie Mitchell papers - additions

Creator Mitchell, David Brydie, 1766-1837

Date 1816-1829

Place Georgia, United States

Language English

Subjects Creek Indians, Indian agents, Indians of North America, Slave trade, United States

Summary Outgoing correspondence to Georgia politician William Harris Crawford mainly covering Mitchell's work as a Creek agent and defending himself against accusations of slave smuggling. Eight autographed letters to Crawford, dated 10 November 1816-19 June 1829, cover Mitchell's negotiations with tribes that led to the signing of the the Treaty of the Creek Agency (1818), his general observations of the Creek Agency, an attack by the Georgia milita on a Chehaw Indian village, and his efforts to defend himself against slave smuggling accusations. Also included is a copy of a letter, dated 11 February 1818 and in Mitchell's hand, from Georgia District Attorney William Davis regarding the slave smuggling charges.

Biographical/Historical Note David Brydie Mitchell was Governor of Georgia, 1809-1813 and 1815-1817, and agent of the United States to the Creek Indians, 1817-1821.

Extent 9 items.

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts, Records, Sources

User-Contributed Transcription Savannah 11th January 1818D.B. Mitchell Esq.Sir,Altho you do not state particularly in you letter of the 2d inst. that the Africans detained by you had been brought within the jurisdictional limits of the State of Georgia, yet I take it for granted that you are under the impression that such is the fact. The act of Congress to which you have reference provides that in all cases the Negroes Seized shall be delivered over to the State Authority to be dealt with according to the provisions of the Laws of such State. Now if the Negroes in question were first brought into this State, the effect of the act of Congress would be in my opinion, to divest the original owners of any right or title which they may have had, and at once gave to the State a right to the possession of the Negroes. Until recently as you know, there was no act of this State in relation to property of this description which could be carried into effect. That part of the Act of the unclear States, which required the commander of the national vessels to deliver over the Negroes to the overseers of the poor& to make report

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Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

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Call Number VAULT Ruggles 506

BibID 999593838805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Unique Identifier NL18CFL

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