- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1836 Dec. 3, War Department [to] W[illia]m Schley, Gov[erno]r of Georgia, Milledgeville, Georgia / B[enjamin] F. Butler
- Creator:
- Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1795-1858
- Date of Original:
- 1836-12-03
- Subject:
- Military assistance
Georgia. Militia--Mobilization
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 - Location:
- United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018 - Medium:
- military records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated December 3, 1836 from Benjamin F. Butler, temporary Secretary of War, to Governor William Schley (Governor of Georgia, 1835-1837) regarding a letter from General Jesup requesting a regiment of volunteers to serve in Florida. Butler writes that Jesup's letter does not explain whether or not arrangements have been made for transporting or outfitting these troops, and Butler wonders if Schley has made arrangements yet or if the help of Butler's department will be needed.
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:
- tcc599
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc599
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc599#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc599/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 13, document 02.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
War Department
December 3d, 1836.
Sir,
By a letter received within the last few days by the Adjutant General of the Army, from Major General Jesup, it appears that that Officer has made a requisition on your Excellency for a regiment of Volunteers to serve in Florida. The activity and zeal displayed by your Excellency, and by the Citizens of Georgia generally, on former occasions, in rendering to the Government all the aid in your power in the suppression of the Indian hostilities at the South, leave but little doubt that the call of General Jesup has received your prompt attention. Still it seems proper to provide for the contingency of your not feeling yourself authorized to comply with the requisition, by apprising you of the approbation of the President thereof. And of this I have now the honor to advise you.
General Jesup's communication
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does not make known, whether he has made any provision for the transportation, subsistence &c. [et cetera] of these troops, whether he has left it to your Excellency to take the requisite measures in these [deleted text: subjects ] [added text: respects, ] or whether the action of this Department will be necessary; and it has therefore been deemed prudent to instruct the proper Staff bureaus to inquire into the matter and adopt such proceedings as may be required for the Subsistence, arming and equiping [equipping] of the Corps, and for its speedy transportation to Florida.
Very Respectfully
Yr mo Obt. Sert [Your most Obedient Servant]
[Signed] B. [Benjamin] F. Butler
Secy. [Secretary] of War, ad interim
His Exy [Excellency] Wm [William] Schley Govr. [Governor] of Georgia, Milledgeville, Georgia.
Page: [3]
Letter
B. [Benjamin] F. Butler
3d Decmr [December] 1836.
Florida Exp. [Expedition]