- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1841 Oct. 26, Department of War, [Washington, D.C. to] Governor Char[le]s J. McDonald / J[ohn] C. Spencer
- Creator:
- Spencer, John Canfield, 1788-1855
- Date of Original:
- 1841-10-26
- Subject:
- Military service, Voluntary
United States. Army--Mobilization - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
military records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated October 26, 1841 from Secretary of War John C. Spencer to Governor Charles J. McDonald (Governor of Georgia, 1839-1843) informing the governor that, at his request, two companies of volunteers recently called into service in Georgia have been mustered into the service of the United States Army. Spencer goes on to express his regret about the problems along Georgia's frontier and promises federal help to protect Georgia citizens living in that area.
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:
- tcc630
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc630
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc630#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc630/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 04.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Department of War
October 26th 1841
Sir,
Your Excellency's letters of the
13th,
19th, and
21st inst. [instant], with their enclosure's, have been received. Upon the receipt of your first letter, orders were promptly given, through the Major General Commanding the Army, to have the two companies of volontiers [volunteers], recently called out by your authority, mustered, into the service of the United States.
The Department is much pained, to hear of the threatened depredations upon the frontiers of Georgia, and will use all proper means at its disposal, to afford protection, to the exposed inhabitans [inhabitants] .
Very respectfully Your obedient Servt [Servant]
[Signed] J. [John] C. Spencer
His Excellency Chas [Charles] J. McDonald Governor of Georgia
Page: [2]
Hon [Honorable] J. [John] C. Spencer
Secy [Secretary] at War
1841