Found here are a collection of essays written by Judge Clayton criticizing the Quincy Adams administration when it accepted an illegal treaty Georgia negotiated with a minor group of the Creek Nation under the pseudonym “Atticus”.
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Southern Recorder (Milledgeville), May 30, 1820, p3 – “To Robert Walsh, jr esq” – Atticus comments on Walsh’s literary talents
Southern Recorder (Milledgeville), June 6, 1820, p3 – “To Robert Walsh, jr esq” – Atticus continues his comments on Walsh’s literary talents
Georgia Journal (Milledgeville), August 9, 1825, p2 Editorial announces reprint of Atticus essays from Athens newspaper
Georgia Journal (Milledgeville), August 9, 1825, p3 – ATTICUS No I To the People of Georgia – First part of Clayton’s Vindication essays
Georgia Journal (Milledgeville), August 16, 1825, p3 – ATTICUS No II To the People of Georgia – part of Vindication essays
Georgia Journal (Milledgeville), September 6, 1825, p3 – ATTICUS No III To the People of Georgia – part of Vindication essays
Georgia Journal (Milledgeville), September 13, 1825, p1 – ATTICUS No IV To the People of Georgia – part of Vindication essays
Georgia Journal (Milledgeville), September 20, 1825, p1 – ATTICUS No V To the People of Georgia – part of Vindication essays
Georgia Journal (Milledgeville), September 20, 1825, p2 – ATTICUS No VI To the People of Georgia (continued) – part of Vindication essays
1825 September 27 Georgia Journal (Milledgeville, Georgia), p2 – ATTICUS No VII To the People of Georgia (continued) – part of Vindication essays
Augusta Chronicle, August 5, 1826, p2 – To the Citizens of Columbia County – editorial regarding Atticus
National Intelligencer (Washington, DC), September 9, 1826, p2 – Mr Forsyth’s Eulogy – mentions Atticus
Augusta Chronicle, September 13, 1826, p2 – To the Citizens of Columbia County – Warren reacts to Atticus
Augusta Chronicle, September 23, 1826, p2 – To the Citizens of Columbia County – Warren reacts again to Atticus
Augusta Chronicle, September 23, 1826, p2 Warren clarifies his reaction to Atticus
Georgia Journal (Milledgeville), September 26, 1826, p2 – Extract from Athens Centinel
Augusta Chronicle, September 27, 1826, p2 – To the Citizens of Columbia County – Warren concludes his reaction to Atticus
Augusta Chronicle, November 1, 1826, p3 – To Atticus – by A Columbian
Macon Telegraph, July 30, 1827, (in advertising) notes Radical Drivers epistle to Atticus arrived
Macon Telegraph, August 7, 1827, p1 – Radical Driver’s Poem about Atticus
Macon Telegraph, August 7, 1827 – Sparrow Hawk on Atticus and other Troup Party members
Alexandria Gazette (VA), October 9, 1827, p2 Atticus comments on – Mr Senator Eaton’s Address to the Public No 1
Southern Recorder (Milledgeville), August 23, 1828, p3 – A Question – discusses a state’s power to tax
1831 December 10 Macon Telegraph p3 Editorial compares Atticus essays to pumpkin
A Defense of Removal of the Creek Indians from Georgia under Treaty of Indian Springs (Compiled from a series of essays originally published in Columbia Centinel in Athens, Georgia, in 1825-1826 under the pen name, “Atticus”):
“A Vindication of the Recent and Prevailing Policy of the State of Georgia …”
