- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1814 Nov. 20, Savannah, [Georgia to ?] Major Gen[era]l Andrew Jackson
- Date of Original:
- 1814-11-20
- Subject:
- Seminole Indians--Warfare
Creek Indians - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- reports
military records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a copy of a letter dated at Savannah, Georgia, November 20, 1814. It is unclear by whom the letter was written but it appears to have been directed to Major General Andrew Jackson. The letter contains information regarding the best routes for an attack on Seminole Indian settlements and plans for seizing Fort St. Mark's on Apalachicola Bay in Florida, which measure, it is thought, will ensure the neutrality of the Lower Creeks during the operation.
Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- tcc429
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc429
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc429#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc429/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, 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, Telamon Cuyler, box 47, folder 04, document 06.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Savannah
20th Novr.. [November] 1814 (Copy)
Sir,
I had the honor of receiving by the last mail from Fort Hawkins your letter of the 3rd of Oct. & in answer to the question therein contained concerning the route of the troop, destined for your [unclear text: command ], collecting at Fort Hawkins under the command of Major Genl [General] McIntosh [added text: including an [document damaged] attack on the Seminoles [illegible text] ] I have to inform you that in my opinion there troops could not be better employed than by being ordered down the Ockmulgee to the vicinity of Hartford on that river within the settlements of Georgia, to which point they could be well supplied with provisions, & from thence by a march of one hundred & thirty or forty miles they might destroy all the principal settlements of the Seminoles, & if you are authorized to give such orders they would according to my information meet with little difficulty in taking possession of Fort St. Mark on the bay of Apalachicola- this measure would probably secure the neutrality of the lower creeks as your operations of the last campaign crushed the opposition of the upper towns the movement might also make a [illegible text] in favour [favor] of any operations you may meditate in the neighborhood of Pensacola, after the accomplishment of this expedition it appears to me that this force should [illegible text] the okmulgee & proceed by fort Hawkins to the chain of ports established through the nation to Fort Jackson, this route would be circuitous from the scene of action above mentioned, but I do not think they could be [unclear text: subsisted ] in any
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more direct course while by the route above proposed they would pass through the settlements as far as Fort Hawkins, x 100,000 rations have already been ordered to Fort Mitchell for their subsistence"-
Major Genl [General] Andrew Jackson
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copy to Major Genl [General] Jackson-