United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Locke, J. S.1836-02-20This is a letter dated February 20, 1836 from J. S. Locke at Picolata, Florida to James K. Tefft in Savannah. Locke asks for news and tells Tefft that there is little to report except a profusion of troops, ostensibly assembled to fight the Seminole Indians (Second Seminole War,1835-1842). He asks Tefft to send him some newspapers to read, and he says that he will probably remain there for the duration of the Seminole campaign.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegkrc109engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 16, folder 10, document 01.Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842[Letter] 1836 Feb. 20, Picolata, Fl[orida to] J[ames] K. Tefft, Savannah, G[eorgi]a / J. S. LockeText