Handley, George, 1752-1793 [Extract from minutes of the Georgia Executive Council regarding the Creek Nation]

GLC02437.03113

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GLC#
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Type
Documents
Date
15 March 1785
Author/Creator
Handley, George, 1752-1793
Title
[Extract from minutes of the Georgia Executive Council regarding the Creek Nation]
Place Written
Georgia
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 32.6 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Extract from the minutes of the Georgia Executive Council prepared by George Handley, secretary of the council and later Governor of Georgia (1788-1789). Relates to an act recently passed respecting land within the state and the appointment of Major General [Lachlan] McIntosh, Colonel Elijah Clarke, and Colonel [Benjamin] Hawkins as commissioners for enacting the resolution. In addition, the Governor of Georgia, Samuel Elbert (1785-1786) is directed to appoint a commissioner to meet with the Creek Indians "in order to ascertain and determine the Line between the White people and the Indians of this State."

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