WALTON, GEORGE, et al. Manuscript on paper, being an appeal to the Creek Nation for peace during the Revolutionary War, issued by the Council of Safety, July 21, 1775, 2 pp, 400 x 260 mm, signed [in a secretarial hand] by J.J. Zubly, Wm. Ewen, George Houstoun, John Smith S. Elbert, Joseph Clay, Wm. Young, Wm. LeConts, George Walton and John Glen, folds, with tears along the folds, nearly separated through the middle, minor chipping (very little text loss), clean and legible. VERY EARLY DOCUMENT FROM THE GEORGIA COUNCIL OF SAFETY. On June 22, 1775, the colony of Georgia formally elected a Council of Safety to act as a provisional American government, and leaving Governor James Wright powerless. Beginning with a Provincial Congress on July 4th, they acted quickly in order to establish their authority, including this olive branch to the Creek Nation, with whom they had engaged in sporadic skirmishes for years ("disturbance hapened between some of you Mad People and ours"), offering friendship, powder, and bullets in return for neutrality in what was termed a "Family Quarrall." A fascinating appeal, written in simplistic language, cunningly elucidating the complex politics of the moment.
WALTON, GEORGE, et al. Manuscript on paper, being an appeal to the Creek Nation for peace during the Revolutionary War, issued by the Council of Safety, July 21, 1775, 2 pp, 400 x 260 mm, signed [in a secretarial hand] by J.J. Zubly, Wm. Ewen, George Houstoun, John Smith S. Elbert, Joseph Clay, Wm. Young, Wm. LeConts, George Walton and John Glen, folds, with tears along the folds, nearly separated through the middle, minor chipping (very little text loss), clean and legible. VERY EARLY DOCUMENT FROM THE GEORGIA COUNCIL OF SAFETY. On June 22, 1775, the colony of Georgia formally elected a Council of Safety to act as a provisional American government, and leaving Governor James Wright powerless. Beginning with a Provincial Congress on July 4th, they acted quickly in order to establish their authority, including this olive branch to the Creek Nation, with whom they had engaged in sporadic skirmishes for years ("disturbance hapened between some of you Mad People and ours"), offering friendship, powder, and bullets in return for neutrality in what was termed a "Family Quarrall." A fascinating appeal, written in simplistic language, cunningly elucidating the complex politics of the moment.
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