CAMDEN COUNTY, GA - J Habersham- Gov Jared Irwin  May 30, 1796 (Negotiation of Treaty)

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Extracted from:
Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
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By Tara D. Fields
tutcher@camdencounty.org

March 06, 2004
History and Genealogy of Camden and Charlton Counties, Georgia 
http://www.camdencounty.org

Document: KRC094 
[Letter] 1796 May 30, Savannah, [Georgia to] Jared Irwin, Governor [of Georgia] / John Habersham
author: Habersham, John 
date: May 30, 1796 
extent: 2p 

summary: John Habersham, a Georgia treaty commissioner,
writes to Georgia Governor Jared Irwin (1796-1798) on
May 30, 1796 to request that the governor assist him
financially in procuring supplies for a planned
negotiation with the Creeks. Habersham estimates that
the cost of the supplies will exceed 29,000 dollars,
and he only has 16,000 dollars at present. He indicates
that the superintendent (ostensibly Benjamin Hawkins,
U.S. Agent to the Creeks) has assured the commissioners
that the Creek Nation will be in general attendance,
and the treaty proceedings will go forward. The Treaty
of Colerain was concluded between the United States and
Creek leaders on June 29, 1796. The enclosure mentioned
is no longer attached.
 
repository: Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries 
collection: Keith Read 
box: 11 
folder: 23 
document: 01 

Page: [1] 
Sir,

Savannah, May 30th, 1796.
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's
favor of the 20th instant, and am happy to find that
the plan and terms adopted in relation to the supplies
for the intended Treaty at Colerain have your
approbation.

When the Contractor was lately here, we made up a
General Estimate of the cost of the whole supplies,
rough houses for stores, transportation, &Ct. [et
cetera], which amounts to something more than twenty
nine thousand dollars. As the funds in hand only
amounted to sixteen thousand dollars, I immediately
wrote to the Secretary of the Treasury to request that
he would have the deficiency remitted to me as soon as
possible; but as my letter was dated so late as the
10th instant, a considerable time will necessarily
elapse before the remittance can be forwarded. I have,
therefore, to request, that if your Excellency can
conveniently spare nine or ten thousand dollars, that
you will accomodate [accommodate] [added: me] with that
or a smaller sum on account of the proportion which the
State of Georgia is to pay ultimately. As the
Superintendant [Superintendent] has received assurance
from the Creek nation of a general attendance, there
can be no doubt but the business will go forward, and
in fact all the supplies are on the ground, excepting a
very trifling part, which is on its way. To effect this
fully, I have been obliged to request the indulgence of
some of the Persons from whom supplies were obtained
for thirty and forty days or until a remittance from
Philadelphia should arrive.

Should your Excellency think proper to comply with my
request, I shall be glad to receive the money as soon
as may be convenient by a confidential Person; if
otherwise, I [deleted: shall] must beg the favor of
being so informed by the earliest conveyance.
I remain, with great respect 
Your Excellency's 
Most Obt. [Obedient] Servant 
[Signed] John Habersham . 
Agent of the U: States. -- 
PS. I inclose a Copy of the General Estimate of expences [expenses]. 

His Excellency,
Jared Irwin, Governor &C [et cetera]