Letter from George R. Gilmer to Richard Blount, chairman of the board of commissioners for the Oconee Navigation Association.
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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
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In the letter Gilmer informs Blount that the state-owned slaves ("public hands") who are working for him on the Oconee River should be taken to Milledgeville, Georgia, where they will be put to work on "the improvement of the roads and rivers in this State."
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1829 December 24 1829 12 24
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