1852 Memorial (Petition) Georgia Alabama Repayment for Damages Creek Indian War

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Title: Memorial of the State of Georgia, in Behalf of Herself and the State of Alabama, Praying Indemnity for Damages Committed upon the Citizens of those States by the Creek Indians in 1836-37.
Series: 32d Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Miscellaneous, No. 4.
Publisher: US Congress.
Publication Date: 1852
Format: Never bound, complete unopened and uncut octavo signature as issued by the printer. The 8 pages within are still attached to the adjacent page at the top edge as sent from printer.
Length: 7 pages (plus 1 blank unnumbered page)
Size: 9 5/8" by 6 1/8"
Description: According to the Encyclopedia of Alabama, "the Second Creek War (1836-1837), also called the Creek War of 1836, was a conflict between the U.S. Army and Alabama and Georgia militias and a faction of the Creek Nation seeking redress for long-standing grievances in Alabama. These Creeks, residing primarily in towns along the Chattahoochee River in the present-day Alabama counties of Chambers, Macon, Pike, Lee, Russell, and Barbour, faced a federal government that refused to enforce the terms of the 1832 Treaty of Cusseta. In addition, more and more white settlers were defrauding them out of their land or stealing it outright. In the wake of the conflict, Pres. Andrew Jackson established a policy of forced removal of the remaining Creeks in the Southeast to Indian Territory (ultimately present-day Oklahoma), resulting in the removal of almost all Creek people from Alabama." According to the Columbus Museum, "the Creek War of 1836 began in Russell County, Alabama, when rebel Creeks attacked unfriendly white settlers. Hoping to gain control of the lower Chattahoochee River, a group of 300 Creek warriors scouted the riverside town of Roanoke, Georgia, ... about thirty miles south of Columbus. In a surprise attack at dawn on May 15, 1836, the warriors burned the prosperous new town, killing twelve residents and causing others to flee into the woods." This memorial document presents a petition for the  recovery of personal financial and property loss resulting from this conflict.
Condition: Very good. Minor age toning. The page edges, which were never trimmed for binding, are ragged as they came from the printer.