Elijah Clarke letter to Col. Benjamin Cleavland, 1787 June 24

Summary

Creator:

Clarke, Elijah, 1733-1799

Date:

1787 June 24

Extent:

1 folder(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Elijah Clarke letter to Col. Benjamin Cleavland, ms2615, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a letter from Elijah Clarke, Hickory Grove, (Ga.) to Col. Benjamin Cleavland, Franklin County (Ga.), dated June 24, 1787. Clarke has just returned from seeing the Governor in Augusta and discusses the Governor's assurance that a treaty with the Creek Indians is imminent, mentions Alexander McGillvrary, and talks about a misunderstanding between the Indians and the Indian Commissioners.

Biographical / historical:

Elijah Clarke (1733-1799), Georgia frontiersman.

For more information, see the article Elijah Clarke (1742-1799) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Related

Other descriptive data:

Also available online as part of the Southeastern Native American Documents database.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Creek Indians -- Georgia.
Correspondence

Names:

Cleavland, Benjamin
McGillivray, Alexander, approximately 1740-1793

Preferred citation:

Elijah Clarke letter to Col. Benjamin Cleavland, ms2615, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.