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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03113 Author/Creator: Handley, George (1752-1793) Place Written: Georgia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 15 March 1785 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32.6 x 19.4 cm. Order a Copy

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."

Cataloging based on a duplicate of this record at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ (the Digital Library of Georgia).

Handley, George, 1752-1793
Elbert, Samuel, 1740-1788
McIntosh, Lachlan, 1725-1806
Clarke, Elijah, 1733-1799
Hawkins, Benjamin, 1754-1816

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