Edmund Pendleton Gaines letter to Governor Israel Pickens, 1825
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- 1825-07-04
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Letter written by Edmund P. Gaines on July 4, 1825 from his post at the Creek Agency in central Georgia to Israel Pickens, Governor of Alabama. In this letter, Gaines informs Pickens that he has been instructed by the Dept. of War to assemble a force ""for the protection of the neighboring frontier settlements and the friendly Indians"" and to negotiate a peace settlement with the Creek Indians. In Feb. 1825 a small faction of Creek Indians, head...
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- Newberry Library
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- United States. Office of Indian Affairs
Indians--Government relations
Armies
Armed Forces
Political science
Tribal government
Indians--Kings and rulers
Pioneers
Whites
McIntosh, William, approximately 1775-1825
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- Georgia
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- Correspondence
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- Edmund Pendleton Gaines letter to Governor Israel Pickens, 1825. 1825-07-04. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/46226. (Accessed April 20, 2024.)
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- (1825-07-04) Edmund Pendleton Gaines letter to Governor Israel Pickens, 1825. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/46226
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/46226>.