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- GLC#
- GLC00782.11.02-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- June 30, 1818
- Author/Creator
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
- Title
- to William Rabun
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The First Age of Reform
Secretary of State Adams informs Governor of Georgia Rabun that President Monroe has directed that Captain Obediah Wright be prosecuted for the murder of Chehaw Indians. He discusses some details necessary to start the prosecution. The Chehaw were American allies during the first Seminole War. Docket indicates a reply was sent on July 29, 1818.
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