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Elected after one of the most bitterly fought contests in American history, John Quincy Adams faces a contentious Congress and many national problems. William Pratt, the 12-year-old son of a cotton plantation owner, writes about one of the thorniest: the removal of the Creek Indians from their tribal land in Georgia. His father, the young man reports, supports the policy, but William believes the ... More

Elected after one of the most bitterly fought contests in American history, John Quincy Adams faces a contentious Congress and many national problems. William Pratt, the 12-year-old son of a cotton plantation owner, writes about one of the thorniest: the removal of the Creek Indians from their tribal land in Georgia. His father, the young man reports, supports the policy, but William believes the Creek are being betrayed. The president sympathizes, yet as his letters painfully reveal, his own political muscle has been deeply cut by powerful foes.

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