- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1840 Mar. 30, Washington, [D.C. to Charles J.] McDonald, Gov[erno]r [of Georgia] / Wilson Lumpkin
- Creator:
- Lumpkin, Wilson, 1783-1870
- Date of Original:
- 1840-03-30
- Subject:
- Armed forces--Appropriations and expenditures
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 dated March 30, 1840 from Wilson Lumpkin, former Governor of Georgia (1831-1835), to Charles J. McDonald, Governor of Georgia (1839-1843), regarding payment to the Treasury of Georgia for expenses related to militia activity in 1838 to repel Seminole Indians in Florida, probably associated with the Second Seminole War (1835-1842). Lumpkin agrees with the governor that payment should be made as quickly as possible, and he assures the governor that he will get the payment claims passed in the U.S. Senate if they are passed first in the House of Representatives. This document is closely related to tcc532.
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:
- tcc533
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc533
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc533#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc533/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:
- 2 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 08.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Washington
March 30th. 1840
Govr [Governor] . McDonald
Dear Sir
I have just received your two communications of the 21st. Inst. [Instant] for which I thank you. I fully concur with you in the opinion, that the claims of Georgia upon the Federal govt. [government] for reimbursment [reimbursement] of expenses, in defending our people, from the aggressions of the Simenole Indians &c [et cetera] . is just & ought to be paid without delay. I am apprized [apprised] however, that those claims have & will again encounter strong opposition in Congress. I shall do all I can to prosecute the claims successfully. If they can be got through the House of Rep. [Representatives] I can pass them in the Senate. They will have to pass the ordeal of the House first, as that branch originates the appropriations.
Messrs. Cooper & Black, have promised me to introduce the subject to-morrow, I have & shall aid them.
Very Respectfully yr Obt. Srvt. [your Obedient Servant]
[Signed] Wilson Lumpkin
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W [Wilson] Lumpkin