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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC00782.11.05 |
From Archive Folder | The massacre of Chehaw Indians by Georgia militia |
Title | Andrew Jackson to John M. Davis regarding the Chehaw affair |
Date | 7 May 1818 |
Author | Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) |
Recipient | Davis, John M. |
Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
Content Description | A clerical copy of Jackson's letter to Davis in which he deals with aftermath of the Chehaw Affair. Orders Davis to send a "talk to Kinnard with instructions to explain the substance to the Chehaw Warriors." Also orders him to arrest Obediah Wright for murdering several female and elderly Chehaw Indians. If Davis is unable to locate Wright, he is instructed to obtain assistance from the governor of Georgia. A note written on the interior leaf by James Gadsden, then serving under Jackson, indicates that this copy was for the Secretary of War John C. Calhoun and that it should be sent with a copy of Thomas Glascock's letter (see GLC00782.11.03) and the talk to the Chehaw mentioned here. The Chehaw were allied with the Americans in the first Seminole War. |
Subjects | American Indian History Rebellion Women's History Massacre Atrocity Criminals and Outlaws Military History Military Law Law |
People | Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Davis, John M. (fl. 1818) Gadsden, James (1788-1858) Wright, Obediah (fl. 1818) Calhoun, John Caldwell (1782-1850) |
Place written | Fort Gadsden, Florida |
Theme | Native Americans; Law; Women in American History |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
Related documents | Letter from John M. Davis to William Rabun regarding the Chehaw affair |
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