T. Hartley Crawford to Andrew Donaldson, July 29, 1845
Summary: Crawford informed Donaldson that he had issued an order to his agent with the Creek Indians to retrieve Dr. Robertson's stolen slaves and return them to him.
WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE INDIAN AFFAIRS
July 29, 1845.
SIR,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th. inst. addressed to the Secretary of War and referred by him to this Office, covering the communication of Dr. J. W. Robertson relative to the negro boys, belonging to him, now in the Creek nation.
An order has this day been forwarded to Col. James Logan, the Creek Agent to deliver up these negroes to their rightful owner, and you will please inform Dr Robertson that they will be at his disposal or that of his Agent, whenever the order shall have reached the Creek Agent, and been carried out.
Very respectfully
Your Obt Serv't,
T. HARTLEY CRAWFORD.
Hon ANDREW J DONALDSON,
U S Charge d'Affaires,
Texas.
Source Copy Consulted: T. Hartley Crawford to Andrew Donaldson, July 29, 1845, George Garrison, ed., Diplomatic Correspondence of the Republic of Texas, Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1908, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1911), 3 vols., 2: 390