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Letter from Barbour to George M. Troup, Governor of Georgia. Reporting assignment of General Gaines to restore order and asking Georgia to halt its survey of Creek lands. Major Andrews, sent to agency to investigate agent Crowell.

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: William Panton (circa 1742-1801) was a merchant and trader in Little Tallassee, near Pensacola, New Florida. He was a partner in the firm, Panton, Leslie, and Company. He was a close friend of Alexander McGillivray (c.1759-1793), Chief of the Creeks in the latter part of the 18th century, who was also a Spanish agent to the Indians for he thought the Creeks were better off under the Spaniards than the English. McGillivray was...