- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1836 Feb. 15, Jefferson County, [Georgia] to William Schley, Gov[erno]r [of Georgia], Milledgeville, G[eorgi]a / R.L. Gamble ... [et al.]
- Creator:
- Gamble, R. L., fl. 1836
- Date of Original:
- 1836-02-15
- Subject:
- Military assistance
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
Georgia. Militia--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Military service, Voluntary - 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 document is a letter from R. L. Gamble and several other Jefferson County volunteer militiamen who are eager to offer their services as a rifle company in the fight against the Seminole Indians in Florida, probably related to the Second Seminole War (1835-1842). The letter, dated February 15, 1836, is directed to William Schley, Governor of Georgia (1835-1837).
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:
- tcc565
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc565
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc565#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc565/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 05, document 06.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Feb. 15, 1836
To his Excellency Wm [William] Schley
Sir
A company of Volunteer Riflemen has been formed in this place and uniformed at some considerable expense and this day organized by electing their officers with a view to enter immediately into the service of their [added text: country ] against the Seminole Indians it would be extremely gratifying to their friends and and [and] the Citizens of this place generally if your Excellency would so far comply with the wishes of the company by forthwith ordering [added text: it ] [deleted text: them ] into service The company is not yet full but it is expected by the time orders can reach here that it will have something like fifty men; and it is their wish to take up their line of march Thursday next.
very respectfully &c [et cetera]
[Signed] William Hadden
[Signed] R.L. Gamble
[Signed] Eben. [Ebenezer] Bothwell
[Signed] Henry B. Todd
[Signed] Asa Holt
[Signed] Robt [Robert] A L Atkinson
[Signed] W Shelman
[Signed] Jason Powell
[Signed] JW Bothwell
[Signed] James Maguire
Page: [2]
Letter R. L. Gamble (Recd [Received] )
15 Febry [February] 1836
vol. Comps [volunteer Companies]
Florida Expedition
Page: [3]
To His Excellency Wm. [William] Schley Govr. [Governor] Milledgeville Ga
By Express}
R L Gamble W Shelman & others
Volunteer Rifle Corps
Jefferson County
Answd [Answered]
15th Feby [February] 1836