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WAYNE, Anthony ("Mad Anthony") (1745-1796), General, Continental Army. Autograph letter signed ("Anty. Wayne"), as a Georgia Congressman, to "His Excellency, Edward Telfair" (1705-1837), Governor of Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, 20 June 1791. 2½ pages, 4to, apparently a retained copy by Wayne, with his autograph docket on page 4. Fine condition.
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WAYNE, Anthony ("Mad Anthony") (1745-1796), General, Continental Army. Autograph letter signed ("Anty. Wayne"), as a Georgia Congressman, to "His Excellency, Edward Telfair" (1705-1837), Governor of Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, 20 June 1791. 2½ pages, 4to, apparently a retained copy by Wayne, with his autograph docket on page 4. Fine condition.
"THE PRICE OF PEACE" WITH THE CREEK INDIANS AND THE EXAMPLE OF EAST FLORIDA. A good letter in which the future victor of Fallen Timbers spells out what he sees as fair policies to be pursued with the Creek indians. Wayne informs Telfair that he will sail for Philadelphia soon and he "will be much obliged by such communications as you may occasionally think proper to honor me with; in the Interior I would wish to know what has been done--or if any measures have been taken to recover the prisoners & property carried off by the Indians which agreeably to Treaty were to have been delivered up on or before the first." Wayne inquires about Telfair's "sentiments with regard to a Compensation to the suffering Citizens of Georgia for the robberies & depredations committed by the Creeks antecedent to the Treaty, for if state policy render'd it expedient to make that sacrifice-it ought to be considered as the Price of Peace--& the United States are bound in honor, policy & justice to indemnify the sufferers. The recent & Magnanimous example of the British Government with respect to the Citizens of East Florida &c is a case in point which will insure success to our demands if properly Conducted."
Wayne had been instrumental in securing the treaties of submission with the Creeks and Cherokees in 1782 and 1783; after retirement, he lived on a small plantation given him by the state of Georgia and briefly represented Georgia in Congress 1791-92. Following the failure of military expeditions against the Indians in the Ohio Valley, Wayne was recalled to active duty by President Washington with the rank of major-general; in August 1794 he decisively defeated the Indians and their British allies at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
"THE PRICE OF PEACE" WITH THE CREEK INDIANS AND THE EXAMPLE OF EAST FLORIDA. A good letter in which the future victor of Fallen Timbers spells out what he sees as fair policies to be pursued with the Creek indians. Wayne informs Telfair that he will sail for Philadelphia soon and he "will be much obliged by such communications as you may occasionally think proper to honor me with; in the Interior I would wish to know what has been done--or if any measures have been taken to recover the prisoners & property carried off by the Indians which agreeably to Treaty were to have been delivered up on or before the first." Wayne inquires about Telfair's "sentiments with regard to a Compensation to the suffering Citizens of Georgia for the robberies & depredations committed by the Creeks antecedent to the Treaty, for if state policy render'd it expedient to make that sacrifice-it ought to be considered as the Price of Peace--& the United States are bound in honor, policy & justice to indemnify the sufferers. The recent & Magnanimous example of the British Government with respect to the Citizens of East Florida &c is a case in point which will insure success to our demands if properly Conducted."
Wayne had been instrumental in securing the treaties of submission with the Creeks and Cherokees in 1782 and 1783; after retirement, he lived on a small plantation given him by the state of Georgia and briefly represented Georgia in Congress 1791-92. Following the failure of military expeditions against the Indians in the Ohio Valley, Wayne was recalled to active duty by President Washington with the rank of major-general; in August 1794 he decisively defeated the Indians and their British allies at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.