- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1836 Feb. 5, St. Augustine, Fl[orid]a [to] J[ames] K. Tefft, Savannah, Georgia / J. S. Locke
- Creator:
- Locke, J. S.
- Date of Original:
- 1836-02-05
- Subject:
- Georgia. Militia--Mobilization
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 - Location:
- United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
military records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated February 5, 1836 from J. S. Locke in St. Augustine to James K. Tefft of Savannah. Locke reports on the progress of the Second Seminole War (1835-1842) and complains that very little is happening aside from the assembling of the troops. Locke states that they will commence offensive maneuvers within a few days, but confesses that they do not know where the Indians are located. He indicates that they do not want to have to search the Everglades. He also expresses apprehension regarding the coming summer, which he claims will be more destructive to the troops than combat with the Indians.
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. - Local Identifier:
- krc110
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc110
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc110#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc110/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Keith Read, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 16, folder 10, document 02.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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[added text (appears to be different hand and ink): 02 ]
St. Augustine. Fla. [Florida]
Feby [February] 5th. 1836.
My dear Sir.
I have no time to write, and if I had, there is but little news to communicate. It is difficult to resist the desire I have to assure you that your politeness towards me is held in constant remembrance. On the way here we touched at Darien and St. Mary's and at Fernandina all of which places present a fine idea wretchedness and decay: (do not repeat this) I do not know what could induce me to reside at Either one of those places. Speaking of decay, I never saw a [unclear text: ruin ] in our country that was interesting -- . St. Augustine is unquestionably a dull place for a person who has seen any thing better -- . All our recollections center at Savannah -- We wish nothing (except the Seminole Campaign) to interrupt the agreeable train of thought which one treatment at Savannah has made us [deleted text: Experience ] indulge in -- . I cannot as yet give you any military news of importance -- Gen Eustis has not yet arrived : but is Expected daily with the So : Ca : [South Carolina] militia and several more companies of Regulars. We have just secd. [secured] orders ( [unclear text: Merchant's & Forters' ] Company) to proceed to Bulow's: forty miles below this, and [unclear text: we ]
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find that [unclear text: post ] to the last: a service probably attended with some danger: but we have no apprehensions. We shall march tomorrow or next day. In a few days from this our army will be able to take the field and commence offensive operations -- . If the Enemy can only be found : we shall soon give an account of him : nothing is so much to be dreaded as searching for him in the Everglades -- . If summer overtakes us in in [in] the interim, it will be more destructive to all concerned than Indian bullets.
The weather here has been Excessively cold: all is dull and clueless. I have been at Mr Ashley's quarters but have not yet seen him --
Please present my best respects to your family and believe me with great respect,
Yr. Obt [Your Obedient] Servant
[Signed] J S Locke [illegible text]
Mr J [James] K Tefft
P. S. You will of course perceive that nothing in the above is intended for the Gazettes --
[Signed] JSL
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18 3/4
[ Note: A postmark appears in the middle of the page.; [illegible text] ]
J. [James] K. Tefft Esqr. [Esquire] Savannah. Georgia.