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May 22, 1836
Fiske, E.G., fl. 1836
to Miss S. H. Fiske
Writes to his sister concerning Indian problems. Discusses Texas and the capture of Santa Anna.
GLC00765
May - August 1818
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
[The Massacre of Chehaw indians by Georgia militia] [Decimalized .01- .06]
GLC00782.11
June 30, 1818
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to William Rabun
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. Discusses some details necessary to start the prosecution. The Chehaw were...
GLC00782.11.02
13 April 1820
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
[Preamble and resolution]
Printed petition signed by William Rawle as President of the Abolition Society and [Benjamin] Williams as secretary. Sent to Jacob H. De Witt, member of the House of Representatives from the 7th District of New York. Petition states that the society...
GLC00777
May 7, 1818
Asks that Rabun, governor of Georgia, arrest for murder Captain Obediah Wright. Wright had destroyed a Chehaw village and murdered several of its inhabitants, while many of its members were aiding him in his expedition against the Seminole Indians...
GLC00782.11.01
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