- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Memorandum exhibiting the disposition of the troops proximate to the Georgia borders, 1841 Oct. 17
- Date of Original:
- 1841-10-17
- Subject:
- Border patrols
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 - Location:
- United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018 - Medium:
- memorandums
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a memorandum dated October 17, 1841 that includes a chart detailing the placement of Florida troops along the Georgia border. The memorandum includes a note saying that scouting throughout the summer of 1841 had produced no signs of Indians in the area, but that on September 30, 1841, they did receive reports of Indian sightings.
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:
- tcc629
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc629
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc629#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc629/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 52, folder 06, document 03.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Oct. [October] 17, 1841
Memorandum exhibiting the disposition of the troops proximate to the Georgia borders
At. Traders hill 1 Compy. [Company] of Dragoons
At Fort Moniac 1 Compy [Company] of Dragoons
At Thigpens / South prong of St. Mary's river 1 Compy [Company] of Dragoons
At Norths station 1 Compy [Company] of Dragoons
At Natural bridge on [unclear text: Santafee ] 1 Compy [Company] of Dragoons
At Fort White on [unclear text: Satafee ] 1 Compy. [Company] of Dragoons
At Fort Macomb on Suwannee 1 Compy [Company] of Dragoons
At Fort Pleasant 2 -- " -- of infy [infantry]
At Ft. [Fort] Hamilton / on Bellamy road near the Ocilla 1 -- " -- of infy [infantry]
at Ft. [Fort] R. Gamble / 28 miles east of Tallahassee 2 -- " -- of infy [infantry]
Active scouting has been kept up [added text: from ] Fort Moniac and Traders hill during the summer & until [deleted text: the last of ] [added text: late in ]
Septr. [September] without discovering any Indian Signs. On the
30th. of that month the commanders of those stations reported signs of indians & that troops were actively engaged in pursuit of the enemy.
Head Qrs. Ay [Headquarters Army] of Flo. [Florida] Tampa
Octo [October] 17. 1841
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Report
Col. North.
1841