- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1836 Jan. 27, Macon, Georgia [to] W[illia]m Schley, Gov[ernor of Georgia], Milledgeville, [Georgia] / Col[onel] Ossian Gregory
- Creator:
- Gregory, Ossian
- Date of Original:
- 1836-01-27
- Subject:
- Military assistance
Georgia. Militia--Regulations
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 January 27, 1836 from Colonel Ossian Gregory to William Schley (Governor of Georgia, 1835-1837) asking if substitutes are allowed in the militia. Gregory points out that some men who would like to serve cannot easily do so because it would force them to leave their businesses to ruin. The contemplated military service is referred to as "subduing" the Indians in Florida, an action probably associated with the Second Seminole War (1835-1842).
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:
- tcc555
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc555
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc555#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc555/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 50, folder 04, document 08.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Jan. 27, 1832
Sir!
I beg leave to inquire of your excellency, if substitutes are allowable in such volunteer corps as may be anxious to assist in subduing the Indians in Florida? -- A majority of the Macon Volunteers can go in person, but there are some (equally patriotic) who can not leave their business at this moment without incurring ruin, & who will cheerfully contribute as far as they can to raising men & means.
The information desired is vitally important to some of our citizens & [deleted text: is no ] I submit the enquiry [inquiry] to your consideration, -- Is it binding on all the numbers of our volunteer corps to go in person & no excuse allowable but that of sickness?
Very respy yr Obt Srt [respectfully your Obedient Servant]
[Signed] Ossian Gregory
His Excellency Gov Schley
Macon
27 Jany [January] 1836
Page: [2]
Letter
Col. Ossian Gregory
Jan 27th 1836
Vol. Comp. [Volunteer Companies]
Florida Expedition
Page: [3]
MACON GEORGIA
JAN 27
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10
His Excellency Wm [William] Schley Executive Dept [Department] Milledgeville
Col. Ossian Gregory
Answered
29th Jany [January] 1836