- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1840 Mar. 27, Washington, [D.C. to Charles J.] McDonald, Governor [of Georgia] / Wilson Lumpkin
- Creator:
- Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870
- Date of Original:
- 1840-03-27
- Subject:
- Armed forces--Appropriations
Georgia--Politics and government--1775-1865
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 - Location:
- United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter from Wilson Lumpkin, former Governor of Georgia (1831-1835), to Charles J. McDonald, Governor of Georgia (1839-1843), dated March 27, 1840. Lumpkin inquires about the authenticity of papers he recently received that purported to be from the governor, as no notices arrived with the papers to confirm their origins. The papers concern appropriations made by the Georgia legislature for expenses associated with repelling the Indians from Florida in 1838, probably associated with the Second Seminole War (1835-1842). Lumpkin believed payments had been made and requests information from the governor to help him sort out this matter. This letter is closely related to tcc533.
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:
- tcc532
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc532
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc532#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc532/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 49A, folder 01, document 07.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Senate Chamber Washington
March 27th. 1840
Governor McDonald
Dear Sir
I have this morning received by mail a large packet of papers, post marked at Milledge [Milledgeville], & which from their character & contents, I presume are forwarded from the Executive office of Ga. but no notice to that effect accompanies the papers. These papers are upon the subject of the disbursments [disbursements] made by the state of Georgia, under authority of the Legislature, for the payment of the malitia [militia] called into service during the year
1838. to repel the invasion of the Indians from Florida &c. [et cetera] until the receipt of this package, I had supposed, that the necessary appropriation to reimburse the Treasury of Georgia, for this expenditure, had been made at the last session of Congress. When I was called home before the close of the last session of Congress by domestic afflictions --
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I know the subject was before the House of Rep [Representatives] . and apprehended no difficulty in procuring the necessary appropriation. But I now suppose it failed, and will without loss of time investigate the subject, and as far as may be in my power, endeavor to procure the necessary Legislation. In the mean time, will you have the goodness, to inform me, whether the records of the Executive office, afford any additional information, which may be necessary for me to have, in connection with my duty on this subject.
Very Respectfully Yr. Obt. Servt. [Your Obedient Servant]
[Signed] Wilson Lumpkin
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Hon. W [Wilson] . Lumpkin