From the National Archives · May 17, 1825
Chilly McIntosh asked the War Department for protection
The catalog covers a letter of May 17, 1825, from Chilly McIntosh to James Barbour, Secretary of War. It says he asked for protection against the Creek party that had killed his father, William McIntosh, chief of the Lower Creeks.
The catalog gives the letter a single day. Coverage starts May 17, 1825, and ends May 17, 1825. The item is National Archives Identifier 300334.
The title carries the facts the description stands on. Chilly McIntosh, identified there as a Creek Indian, wrote James Barbour, the Secretary of War. He requested protection against the hostile Creek party who killed his father. The father is named: William McIntosh, chief of the Lower Creeks.
The paper is filed in Letters Received. The catalog's creator for that series is the War Department's Office of Indian Affairs, which it dates from 1824 to 1849. The record group that holds the series now is Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. A general note on the item says to see National Archives Microfilm Publication M234.
Access is unrestricted. Use is unrestricted. The catalog description does not say what Barbour did next. It keeps the request.
Three images of the letter are on the record: National Archives Identifier 300334.
The record
- National Archives Identifier
- 300334
- Record group
- Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Series
- Letters Received
- Record date
- May 17, 1825
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